The Month Gone By

The last 30 days beginning August 10 2009 have zoomed by. The day I ‘launched’ my writing and communication service as an independent professional with this website and blog et al, I felt like an underachiever – because there’s a world to conquer and things to do before I leave. I might have met 2 dozen new people, potential clients and bagged a few projects as well. At times I felt the pinch of not having the luxury of that fixed fat month-end credit. But the reverse was challenging. Hunting to earn your pennies is hardkicking. Working more than ever before (yes, even in the toughest of jobs), letting go of weekends, typing away into early mornings….an independent career as a writer has been anything but a cakewalk. Call it a tightrope walk instead. What I learnt most in the past few weeks is there is immense scope and opportunity for the kind of work I do, which keeps my hopes pinned high…but keep the expectations as low…the work might not materialise – the proposal might sound too expensive for some, or they might simply not answer your followups. Strange. But the key to all this worriedness not affecting you and walking on, your path with as much confidence as the Lion in his forest. No one can defeat him, he has the courage to rule.

The excitement is in bagging new projects – seemingly interesting and so different from the other. Plus the facility of flexi-time (and overtime a lot) has got me balance things out – my home,my health etc. So while taking a different career path to follow, covered with gravel, snow or boulders it takes courage to walk. Sometimes alone, sometimes not. The fact is I have chosen this untread path, not knowing how many miles to go before I taste the first grain of success. Or how many boulders to crack and mountains to cross.  As a Writer, an independent writer,  with a brand name I can call my own (unless someone decides to pay a hefty fee and steal the copyright legally. But otherwise, my own trumpet to blow away into the winds of the mystic valley. The 31st day begins now.

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