You might find you like your Day Job more than you like writing

Perhaps the scariest realization writing books might give you is that you like your Day Job more than you like Writing Let's consider the different aspects of your work which give you satisfaction and make for a good living What Good Things can Your Work do For You? Your work can help you get what you want out of life. This includes Self Actualization A Sense of Purpose Developing your Skills and...

Wanting to become an Author because you hate your Day Job, is a rather dangerous thing

There are a non trivial number of authors who want to become an author primarily because they hate their current work and think being an author would be more enjoyable or more lucrative or more comfortable or more fulfilling This is an extremely dangerous assumption to make Being an author might not be any of those things Is being an Author easy? This is a really tough question to answer Things...