You Have Permission to Want More for Yourself

There’s no shame in having ever-evolving goals in life — we need to stop beating ourselves up for dreaming big.

I’ve been in a place of confliction for some time now.

I run a social media marketing business fulltime. But I’ve also been pursuing my career as a creative writer this year, which has been my dream career since I was a kid.

Recently, I’ve been taking deliberate steps to further my creative writing career.

I finished my debut novel, and sent queries to literary agents to see what could come of that. I’ve been writing on platforms like this one, crafting multiple personal essays a day, and supplementing a large portion of my income through this vehicle.

While writing this article, I’m processing a conversation I had over coffee with a friend of mine that really opened my eyes to where all of this confliction is coming from.

I’m finally ready to let go of all of this shame and guilt.

It’s no longer serving me, and all it’s doing is holding me back.

And I’m here to give you permission to let it go as well, and move forward towards exactly what you want.

3 years ago, I started a social media marketing company straight out of school.

I thought there was no better time than now to give it a try, and if it failed, well, at least I would know.

My business succeeded fairly early on.

My dream back then was to make a full-time income off of my own company, and also have time to do some creative writing on the side.

I was also hoping that by that point I would own a house, and have all the freedom and flexibility I could ever want.

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