The hustle, the constant thinking about story, literature and humanity all blended together in ways that just created one thought: Work was life. A work-life balance is something that I never thought about for years because the work was my life. They see one aspect of me instead of the other, but the truth is that I have often struggled to find a balance between writing and life and work.Īs a writer who once slept in her car in Maine with her dog to keep her warm, I live in constant fear of having to do that again, of being cold and cramped and smelling like a Great Pyrenes. Hardly anyone asks me about work-life balance because hardly anyone sees my three-page long to-do lists and organization to create it. Some of my other friends ask me, “Do you ever work? Do you make any money at all?” They see me as someone who is pretty happy, socializes with friends two to three times a week, hikes, slogs, and talks about her family and dogs far too much. I produce a podcast, create a story on my Patreon, teach at the Writing Barn, edit about thirty stories a month on Reedsy, have created a writing course, and work on my own books. Some of my friends think all I do is work. There are certain questions people ask me and one of those questions is never, “Carrie, how do you create a work-life balance?” 88 Cups of Tea presents Essay & Podcast Series: Intimate Stories from Writers in partnership with our friends at VCFA
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