Hope is a Good Thing

What’s up doc?

Do you think when I switched careers I should’ve become a therapist instead of a writer?
This is me sitting in my mom’s “chair.” She’s a therapist in Nashville and is about to open her own practice in addition to working at the clinic where she is now. I’m so proud. There is nothing as rewarding as running your own biz.

But yeah, I think I’ll leave that job with her and stick to pen and paper. Speaking of being an entrepreneur (can I use that term to apply to being a freelancer, or are the two different?), I found out today that an article of mine that was slated to come out in September – an article I was so excited about – was just pushed to March. I actually dreamed of this very thing happening and brushed off my dream as silly. After all, the final pages were already sent to the printer. I allowed myself to be sad for about two minutes, then set my disappointment aside, drove home, and kept pushing forward. This is the life of a freelancer. Articles get canceled and postponed and have to be rewritten. Editors leave. Magazines fold. But I love what I do. So I keep writing and continue to send in submissions and work on revisions and build my patience. And I never give up hope. Or faith. Hope and faith keep me going. So when March rolls around, check back for that article of mine.

P.S. Name the movie where one of the character’s lines is the title of this post.