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Do I Have to Apply for a Day Job?

Or can I become a writer in control of my own days?

Elin Melaas
2 min readMay 13, 2021
My workspace. Photo by author.

I want to be able to decide how I spend my days. I love writing and I want to have the opportunity to write every day. My dream is to be creative and to inspire others with my writing. I would like to teach my children that it is possible to create their own job. I hope to get an income from writing at a later date, but this is not the primary goal now.

Will I be able to consistently produce content? Am I capable of writing day after day? Will I find the time? Can I overcome my imposter syndrome and hit the green scary Publish button? Can I find the required focus? Do I have what it takes to become a writer?

My Writing Challenge

For the next four weeks, I am challenging myself to post continuously. I will experiment within different topics and I must write the intimidating About Me story.

So here is my challenge: From Monday 17 May to Sunday 13 June I will publish 3 posts per week. For me, this will be a huge increase in…

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Elin Melaas
Elin Melaas

Written by Elin Melaas

Books, reading, health, parenting, and coffee 📚 MSc in Medical Physics and BSc in Nutrition. Editor at Illumination. Owner of Hooked on Books.

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