Creating IS A Job

I often tell loved ones
that writing
is the best job
in the world
but
it is STILL
a job.

We talk with readers
about muses
and being inspired
but that is marketing.
It isn’t reality.

Writing IS a job.

There are many days
when I don’t want
to write.

I have to force
myself
to sit at the keyboard.

Once I start writing,
I usually find the joy
but it is never there
at the start of the shift.

I found
new business development
to be very similar.
I loved those roles
but they were still jobs.

Creating isn’t all
sunshine and rainbows
and working
when we feel like working.

It is a job
and jobs require
we work,
whether or not
we feel like working.

Treat creating like
the job
it is.