If you wait until your life allows you to write, you will never put a word down on the page. Live your life the way you want it to be. You are the one who calls the shots. If you want to write, then write. Don’t wait for your internal monologue to tell you that you have the time, you are happy enough, you are talented enough, or everyone will love your writing\u2014because, frankly, it won’t.
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