Working Two Jobs

I always wish a had a real job I hated doing anyway, because then writing would feel like I was cheating instead of homework. All you people out there who despise your jobs don't know how lucky you are.

-- Via Industry Whore

UPDATED:

Wow, the grass is always greener.

I don't think it matters whether you hate the job you're in or love it, you still have to find time to write.... and while writing can be a joy, it can also feel like cheating, and it can also feel like homework.

>Personally, while there is a lot I really love about my job - I also get extremely tetchy if I don't make stuff outside of work (usually writing or composing)* and that tetchiness makes me also kinda pissy at the job I'm in. Its a symbiotic relationship I'm trying to manage, cause I also nee to factor in my need to have dobuggeralltime™, aborsbmediatime™, seefriendstime™, enjoyfamilytime™ and drinkscotchtime™.

Then again, I'm not a TV writer like Industry Whore who is wanting to find time to develop her feature script. I can see why that would be difficult.

* Except when I'm doing 'development' work because ultimately there's the innate satisfaction at having made something.