We all have dreams that people find unrealistic, and while becoming a professional writer isn't the craziest of goals, it is still one of those things that few enough people do to make it highly unlikely to work out. All I can do is keep plugging away at it and hope that some combination of things I do ends up breaking through that wall that holds most people back and thrusts me forward into the life I always wanted. Most people are shocked when it happens to them, so I'm pretty sure I won't see it coming. Until it does, all I can do is hope.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gunthrek.com/2021/04/19/personal-post-career-path/