Seize the Day!

Over the course of ten full years, I have researched, and read, and filtered, scanning websites for content on how to be a great full time writer - from home, freelance style. I have practiced. I have read some more! This day hath arrived. Its like meeting Mr. Right - over and over again until you realize the real Mr. Right was staring at you the entire time. Do not be mistaken, becoming a freelance writer is no easy feat. Sure, it sounds so glorious and carefree - all the articles say how nice it must be to work from home in your pajamas. The truth of the matter, however really goes more so something along the lines of overeating in the afternoon and forgetting where the last day ended, and when this new day will ever begin. Not only did it take years to educate myself enough to understand the filters, first of all, secondly, how to use them, it has taken these several months of sitting down to my desk to type each and every single day to actually accomplish this dream. What the other writers don’t tell you - or otherwise they do and you just don’t pay attention to that part, for the glory! --- The pajamas start smelling bad after a few days of no showers. The coffee never tastes as good heated up in the middle of the night (or the next morning) - otherwise dubbed as ‘yester-coffee’. The dog wants to go out to play, but you’re so wrapped up in your latest project, and after all it’s cold outside - Yes this is what we call procrastination. The writer’s worst enemy. What the other writers don’t tell you is how scary becoming a freelance writer is. Rejection lurking at every turn - going stircrazy at your desk trying to quit day dreaming about the word you just accidentally created and how it can make you famous. Passion must flow from your fingertips regarding every topic you touch. If there is no passion, there is no love, where there is not love, there is no connection. To the reader, you must be an astonishing and accomplished individual … Right?! What about writers block - this shit is real people! For example. I have been trying to write this very piece to make a minimum of eight hundred words for over a week, while earlier today I wrote on another topic and made out a cool 1500 words throughout the day. And because this document did not reach the desired length... Now, I write -