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Ross Showalter
@rosshowalter.bsky.social
(he/his/him) Deaf, queer, postmodern surrealist. Writing in NYT, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, et al. www.rossshowalter.com
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hey not to be all corny but please understand and internalize that your creative work is vital and beautiful whether others see/hear it or not and that your creative expression enriches the world just by your having done it

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I maintain the worst part about being a writer is having 72 part-time gigs, freelance assignments, adjunct appointments, et al and still being totally unable to convince your mom you're employed 💀

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same

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The school I work at just started summer vacation, and I keep feeling like I need to get a summer job, chase down another contract, and/or confirm that I have a job in September. 🫠 I have a feeling this residual anxiety is going to take a while to wear off.

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So I quit both part-time jobs and kept my full-time job. I told my full-time job that I was quitting my part-time work to prioritize full-time. Huzzah!

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I spent most of my twenties working 2 or 3 part-time jobs just to make a life. Just before I turned 30, I got my first full-time job in a K-8 school—and kept two part-time jobs. I worked 45-50 hours a week for six months and then I decided I just couldn’t do that much work. I was exhausted.

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Thank you! I keep forgetting to post about my writing on here 😆

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Luck is real and sometimes you're in the right place at the right time (and sometimes - more often, really - you're not). For every successful creative person there are dozens if not hundreds of creatives of equal or better competence who didn't get that one bit of luck.

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Ross Showalter
@rosshowalter.bsky.social
(he/his/him) Deaf, queer, postmodern surrealist. Writing in NYT, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, et al. www.rossshowalter.com
613 followers251 following271 posts