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Don’t Beat Yourself Up for Not Winning the Lottery
Many of us begin our creative careers as young adults. We might have received praise for our work and (more rarely) been encouraged to make a career out of it. That positive feedback might have led us to hope or believe that we’d soon be able to earn money through our creative work. Not just earn money, but make a living.
Pop! That’s the sound you hear when the world doesn’t immediately respond with affirmation that you’ve chosen the right path. After the pop! comes the long silence. As the years go by, you might wonder if you’ll ever make a living from your work.
This then becomes a hinge…
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