I made a huge decision over Spring Break and I would really love to hear stories about others who have done similar things, or just reassurances that I am not crazy for doing this.
I am currently a high school English teacher with an hour commute. It takes up so much of my time, plus the stress and everything that goes with it. I am sure you can imagine lesson planning, grading, meetings, parents, students, etc. can take up time outside of the school day. I admit this is my first year teaching and everyone tells me that it gets easier after the first year and I know plenty of authors have been teachers and still manage time to write.
I just can't help feeling that the best thing for me is to take a less demanding job so I can spend time writing and not worrying about my day job outside of it. It would be juggling two careers and in my experience if you want to be good at something you have to focus.
So, I made my choice. I resigned from the district. It's scary and a relief. I feel like a failure that I have to quit this career that I do enjoy and just started, but I had to weigh the pros and cons.
So, anybody have words of wisdom or similar stories? It's hard to know if you made the right decision sometimes. I am just hoping and trusting I have.
I am currently a high school English teacher with an hour commute. It takes up so much of my time, plus the stress and everything that goes with it. I am sure you can imagine lesson planning, grading, meetings, parents, students, etc. can take up time outside of the school day. I admit this is my first year teaching and everyone tells me that it gets easier after the first year and I know plenty of authors have been teachers and still manage time to write.
I just can't help feeling that the best thing for me is to take a less demanding job so I can spend time writing and not worrying about my day job outside of it. It would be juggling two careers and in my experience if you want to be good at something you have to focus.
So, I made my choice. I resigned from the district. It's scary and a relief. I feel like a failure that I have to quit this career that I do enjoy and just started, but I had to weigh the pros and cons.
So, anybody have words of wisdom or similar stories? It's hard to know if you made the right decision sometimes. I am just hoping and trusting I have.