What is my end game? I continue to struggle with that question. My cousin Mark says you have to have a why in order to have proper goals. Then you can create actionable steps to reach those goals. So what is my why?
I love writing, but there has to be an end in mind. A reason for writing. Sure, I can continue to write about whatever is on my mind, but at some point there has to be some focus. Otherwise I fear that my stuff won’t be marketable.
People will typically only pay for things that bring them some sort of value. They want to gain some knowledge, solve a problem, or be entertained. Generally speaking, if there is no payoff, then why spend the money?
I love writing but very soon I will also need to generate some income. The unemployment will run out. And I find myself still, after months of doing this, struggling to come up with the right focus for my writing.
I have been investing my time in leveling up my technology skills in the hopes that I can use those skills to generate some income via freelancing. But that takes time away from working on my writing. It’s a catch-22 situation.
I want to write, yet I feel stuck with technology. Since I have been doing it for so long, it seems like a path that I can easily navigate to make some cash. But if you ask where my heart is, it’s with writing.
What do I do now? Prayer is a big part of it. Trust in the Lord, of course. But what do I do, right now, to put myself on the path to making money with my writing? That’s where I am stuck. Back to that elusive why.
So, what’s the point you ask? I want you to know where I’m at. That has always been one of the main goals of this Substack. To write about me, what I think, and where I am in my journey in life. That’s why it’s named A Life Rebooted.
I have a long way to go on this journey. There is so much more to work out. While I continue to work out the next steps, I hope you will join me for the ride. It’s likely to be a wild one, but isn’t that part of the fun of it?
Who wants a boring ride? Not me, do you?
—Daniel