I’m entering a new phase of my life.A writer friend, also preparing for the release of her new book, asked when we would get to breathe again.
When I look at the days ahead, the marketing and writing more books, I feel like I’ll never catch my breath. Never catch up. Never get it all done.
Like when a climber reaches a higher altitude and has to let their lungs adjust to less oxygen in the air. Like a married couple without kids has to adjust to life with one, two, three or more.
Each new height, activity, or struggle added to our routine can initially make us feel like we can’t make it, like we can’t breathe.
But then the next time we add something, we look back and say “we thought that was hard?”
I hope when my second, third or tenth book comes around, I’ll look back on the days when I was marketing only one and say “I thought that was busy?” Then I’ll take a deep breath and learn to adjust to the schedule of a published author with multiple books and all that entails.
What an adventure!
Share your adventure.
What keeps you on your toes as more and more
is added to your life?
By the way, my writer friend who is also trying to catch her breath on this grand adventure is Linnette Mullin . Stop by her website and check out her book to be released later this year.
photo credit: www.freedigitalphotos.net // Michal Marcol
I feel like I came to terms with the fact that life progressively builds on itself and never gets easier at a young age, but I still look at myself now and think, 'Gah! Seriously?'
But this helped me regain some perspective. Thank you!
Oh, this is so true! Learning to breathe in the thin air of book marketing. Great analogy.