Hi WriteByNighters,
Last weekend a friend said, "I've always wanted to get deeply involved in chess, but I don't have time to do that and finish my book. And the next one."
Choosing to write means choosing to discard most other pursuits.
Because it is a sacrifice. No, not a life-and-death sacrifice -- the world isn't on the brink of destruction just because writing prevents me from learning to play the piano.
But there are lots of other things I wish I could do with my free time, lots of different people I could've become, or still would have the chance to become.
Instead, I choose to write.
And by choosing to write, we sacrifice other versions of who we could be.
So what does that look like for you? What pursuits and activities do you sacrifice for your writing? Who might you be and how might your life look different if you didn't write?
And what pursuits do you follow in addition to writing, and how are you able to achieve a satisfying balance?
