A month in: A recap of self-employment
A month? Already??
Photo by @esteejanssens from Unsplash.
“Being self-employed means you work 12 hours a day for yourself so you don’t have to work 8 hours a day for someone else.”
It’s been over a month since my last day of work, and I’ve never been happier!
Well, I’m about to lose a lot of money, but, for once, that isn’t my biggest fear. Being able to leave my job was possible because I had built a large enough safety net to support myself. So instead of money, I’m afraid of failure.
But I’m still happy haha.
Also, the quote above could not be truer. When I say I’m overworking myself, I mean it. I often find myself logging back onto my computer around 10 p.m. just to crank out 1,000 words or so before bed. The immense amount of ghostwriting I’m doing, along with managing my social media accounts, trying (and failing) to write blog posts here, and writing my own romance novels — yeah, it’s a lot.
So, so fun, though. Stressful. Rewarding. The most fulfilling work I’ve ever done. I can’t fall asleep at night because of how much I’m thinking about this shit.
I don’t know if I have much more to say, lol! I’ve been writing that in my journal a ton, just because my whole life revolves around the novels I’m working on.
One thing I’ve decided is to take up a new pen name. My main pen name, Maya Sanna, is used for steamy contemporary romance, while my new pen name, Mattie Song, will be used for, ahem, darker steamy romance novels.
So yeah, I’m just heaping more on my plate in the hopes I’ll be able to get all of it done without a total breakdown. But when a girl doesn’t have a steady paycheck, a girl’s gotta hustle.
Speaking of a steady paycheck, have you guys read my romance novels yet? Check them out here!
Thanks for hanging out — I’ll try to write something more substantial soon!
