Thinking about leaving · 3:48pm Nov 11th, 2018
Honestly I don't know what to do anymore. My new job has me working more hours than the zoo ever did, which isn't a bad thing because it's good for my paycheck, but between that and wanting to sit here and watch movies or Netflix or playing games, I have little to no motivation to write anymore.
I don't want to leave, that's just it, because I have unfinished projects that I would very much like to finish off and move on to newer ones I am pumped for, seeing how my time is becoming increasingly limited as the days go by and will eventually bring me to October 2019, when I sign those papers to the Navy and they take me away to begin a new life where I know for a fact my free time will be even more scarce. This time last year I had an excuse to not write because I was without a computer (well, one that didn't have a stroke every time I open a browser), but here I am with a perfectly functional laptop, purposefully neglecting my stories during my free time.
I just don't know.
Then don't leave, just set goals for yourself man. Say...write one chapter a month, that is what I am at right now because of all the stuff going on in RL.
If you don't want to leave then you don't have to. There are writers that explain needing to take a leave because they must to keep their real life in check. If you don't want to quit then take a break and focus on real life. If the people that read your work truly enjoy your work they will willingly wait for the time you no longer have to stress yourself out.
Everyone hits a block where the projects they started lost a little bit of the flare that they started with. The drive to finish the projects is what makes you want to stay. Again you never have to leave something you enjoy doing, if you ever feel like leaving but don't want to truly leave then take a break for a while.
Please don't leave. You're one of my favorite writers.