While I’ve felt it for a while, it’s only been in the last year or two I’ve really acknowledged that I am just not built for work, specifically the 9-to-5.
I've struggled with this my whole life and I'm so glad you and many others are speaking up about it. I hate the 9-5 structure and it's never worked for me either. Every time I've worked a 9-5 job, I've wanted to quit. I've never lasted long at jobs and have always hated them. They suck so much time and energy out of me that I don't have the time or energy to do the things I actually want to be doing like writing or drawing or doing creative things. You're so right. Work literally kills the soul and creativity. Thank you for writing this and speaking the truth ✊
It's nice to know I'm not alone in this. What did you do to escape the 9-5, if you have? I feel like I'm locked in. My writing makes no money so I feel like I'm going to be stuck here forever 😭
Oh I wish I could escape the 9-5 but unfortunately I still work a 9-5 job. However it is a publishing job so it’s at least something I do have an interest in. But it’s not what I want to do really. I’d much rather make a living through my art. I’m hoping I can make a living at some point through indie publishing my books and building up some bit of an audience online so I can make money on Substack and Patreon but I know it will take a lot of time and work. I’d love to become self-employed so I’m starting now.
Ohhh! A fellow 9-to-5 hater here (on maternity leave, so not at any work, yay) and a graphic designer/illustrator also interested in indie publishing! If you ever need a helping hand, I will be glad 😊🥹
Hi Michaela. Glad to meet another anti-9-to-5er. I'd appreciate any help I can get, lol. My first book is about to come out and while I don't know if the publisher would be considered "indie", they aren't huge either. Part of my contract is to help promote it, and I've no idea what I'm doing. 😅 Not sure if you have any advice in that regard?
Oooohhh, congratulations!! 🎉🎉🎉 Book publishing is a tricky beast and I was not good at it with my own book (published in Slovakia and Czechia, small markets) but it will require you to appear at places, flood your social media with it, maybe have live readings...it's quite demanding but I'm sure you will do well 😎🥳 I can help with visuals for your social media, but as I gather, most non-designers use Canva to diy their digital posts, so that'd be a free option for you (I can't not charge because I am scraping by 😮💨)
I'm kind of regretting ditching most of my social media now, lol. I only really use BlueSky. I do have in Instagram that's private for family, but I'm thinking of making it public just which I promote the book.
My sister is a graphic designer so I'm going to try to hit her up for some help, but thank you very much for the offer.
I'd love to make a living out of my writing too, but I don't know if it'll ever happen. I feel like I'm stuck forever in dead end jobs. I left teaching about 10 years ago and since I've only ever been able to get temp gigs. "Transferable skills" is a lie, no employer cares unless you've done EXACTLY what job you've applied for before, and even then it's not a guarantee. The whole system sucks
Yeah I work in academic publishing too! I wanted to work in a publishing house like Penguin or Harper Collins or Scholastic but I couldn’t even get an interview. I feel like that’s the only 9-5 job I could see myself doing and being content with doing. Either that or maybe working in a library. I couldn’t get any librarian jobs either because I didn’t have the qualifications. Yeah the system is so stupid.
Apparently trade publishing is incredibly cut throat. Not my kind of working environment at all. I've tried libraries as well, and museums, and never had an interview. My current job ends in July and as much as I don't enjoy it, I hate job hunting even more.
I've struggled with this my whole life and I'm so glad you and many others are speaking up about it. I hate the 9-5 structure and it's never worked for me either. Every time I've worked a 9-5 job, I've wanted to quit. I've never lasted long at jobs and have always hated them. They suck so much time and energy out of me that I don't have the time or energy to do the things I actually want to be doing like writing or drawing or doing creative things. You're so right. Work literally kills the soul and creativity. Thank you for writing this and speaking the truth ✊
It's nice to know I'm not alone in this. What did you do to escape the 9-5, if you have? I feel like I'm locked in. My writing makes no money so I feel like I'm going to be stuck here forever 😭
Oh I wish I could escape the 9-5 but unfortunately I still work a 9-5 job. However it is a publishing job so it’s at least something I do have an interest in. But it’s not what I want to do really. I’d much rather make a living through my art. I’m hoping I can make a living at some point through indie publishing my books and building up some bit of an audience online so I can make money on Substack and Patreon but I know it will take a lot of time and work. I’d love to become self-employed so I’m starting now.
Ohhh! A fellow 9-to-5 hater here (on maternity leave, so not at any work, yay) and a graphic designer/illustrator also interested in indie publishing! If you ever need a helping hand, I will be glad 😊🥹
Hi Michaela. Glad to meet another anti-9-to-5er. I'd appreciate any help I can get, lol. My first book is about to come out and while I don't know if the publisher would be considered "indie", they aren't huge either. Part of my contract is to help promote it, and I've no idea what I'm doing. 😅 Not sure if you have any advice in that regard?
Oooohhh, congratulations!! 🎉🎉🎉 Book publishing is a tricky beast and I was not good at it with my own book (published in Slovakia and Czechia, small markets) but it will require you to appear at places, flood your social media with it, maybe have live readings...it's quite demanding but I'm sure you will do well 😎🥳 I can help with visuals for your social media, but as I gather, most non-designers use Canva to diy their digital posts, so that'd be a free option for you (I can't not charge because I am scraping by 😮💨)
I'm kind of regretting ditching most of my social media now, lol. I only really use BlueSky. I do have in Instagram that's private for family, but I'm thinking of making it public just which I promote the book.
My sister is a graphic designer so I'm going to try to hit her up for some help, but thank you very much for the offer.
My wife works in academic publishing.
I'd love to make a living out of my writing too, but I don't know if it'll ever happen. I feel like I'm stuck forever in dead end jobs. I left teaching about 10 years ago and since I've only ever been able to get temp gigs. "Transferable skills" is a lie, no employer cares unless you've done EXACTLY what job you've applied for before, and even then it's not a guarantee. The whole system sucks
Yeah I work in academic publishing too! I wanted to work in a publishing house like Penguin or Harper Collins or Scholastic but I couldn’t even get an interview. I feel like that’s the only 9-5 job I could see myself doing and being content with doing. Either that or maybe working in a library. I couldn’t get any librarian jobs either because I didn’t have the qualifications. Yeah the system is so stupid.
Apparently trade publishing is incredibly cut throat. Not my kind of working environment at all. I've tried libraries as well, and museums, and never had an interview. My current job ends in July and as much as I don't enjoy it, I hate job hunting even more.