I’m a writer by night.
By day, I’m a public school teacher, and by later that day, I’m a pastor.
Basically, I’m crazy busy, and I love reading about how writers, greater than I, managed their crazy busy lives.
And to that end, here’s a sweet infographic showing the day jobs* of famous poets.
I enjoy my day job(s), but I love being a writer. The frustration in holding onto both is incredibly stressful, so it makes me feel good to see that many others have felt that same tense and made it work.
If you’re in the same boat as me, living the life of a nocturnal creative, breathing in hustle, exhaling content, I hope this poster encourages you. If you’d like your own copy, you purchase one here.
*Apparently, there’s a bit of a caveat on two of these. From the source: “This comic is factual, but it requires a couple clarifications: Wallace Stevens was an executive at an insurance company, not your average insurance salesman. And there’s no evidence that Emily Dickinson liked cats, but her sister Lavinia was cat-obsessed. So Emily must have been forced to cat-sit occasionally.”
What’s your day job and and art form?
[via Incidental Comics / HT Moody Collective | Cool retro image via fiddleoak via Compfight cc]
Riley Adam Voth says
Haha! I like that: “breathing in hustle, exhaling content.” Yea, it often feels like that’s the way to sum it up! That’s a good one. Ha. Also, agreed, it is good to see other people have to work like normal folks too. It’s easy to believe everyone else has it easy and luxurious and we have it tough. But, we all gotta work to eat. 🙂
Phil Schneider says
Glad you liked that line, Riley. It’s so comforting that these “greats” probably also had days when they thought their time would never come.
Thanks for the comment!
Eric Dye says
What a great reminder that these kind of creative things are not nearly as romantic as we make them out to be. #hardwork