At The Crossroads…

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What are we supposed to do when life insists on calling all the shots?

Especially now that I am getting too old to make any decisions, I wouldn’t recognise a good idea if it came gift-wrapped.

The only thing I know for sure, and I am very grateful for this, is that my life is far too complicated. The trouble is I seem incapable of choosing the right way forward. I am secretly happy to be drifting along, going with the current.

I realise now that my life has always been like this, but with piles of determination and hard work, I have always managed well enough. These days, I find myself unable to cope anymore.

I wish I could talk to another career person who has it all and has done it all. Who has managed to reduce the number of irons in the fire to a manageable level?

Left to my own devices, I am keeping myself occupied trying to arrange a book launch.

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I watched the final stages of a tennis match yesterday, and it must have been a difficult match. Both players looked wrung out; one was noticeably drained and upset, barely holding back the tears.

It was painful to watch these final moments, and the poor loser walking away. That was when I recognised how they must be feeling…

I always used to think that the secret to successful marketing, or anything really, was doing one thing well at a time.

But I was so wrong. You need to work on several related things at the same time, and this is getting so hard these days…


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  1. John W. Howell Avatar

    Marketing books is a soul sucking pastime.

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    1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      Does this mean you have stopped marketing?

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      1. John W. Howell Avatar

        I had not thought about it until your question but I suppose I have. At my age, I have lost the passion for book sales. I simply don’t care anymore. I write what I want and when I want. There is a degree of freedom in that attitude.

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        1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

          I find myself feeling like this sometimes and a part of me says that’s wrong but so far, I am ignoring it! Freedom has a nice ring to it…

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          1. John W. Howell Avatar

            Nearer the end of the runway has it’s advantages. 😁

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            1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

              Maybe I’m not close enough to the runway yet, as I’m not getting any advantages, John… being treated as though I’m senile doesn’t count, does it?

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              1. John W. Howell Avatar

                Yeah, being treated as senile is not one of the advantages. Thumping the one who does it with a cane is. 😁

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                1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

                  I have already chopped several of them out of my will, but your idea sounds very therapeutic!

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                  1. John W. Howell Avatar

                    A quick knee shot works well.

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                  2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

                    I was wondering about that…

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  2. Jennie Avatar

    Good insight, Jaye.

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  3. V.M.Sang Avatar

    I understand how you feel. I seem to find it harder to settle down to do things these days. When I look back at what I used to be able to accomplish, I wonder where that dynamic young person has gone.
    Answer: She got old.
    So I now ‘go with the flow’. If I don’t feel like doing marketing, or editing, or even writing, I just don’t do it. Possibly not the best for selling books, but I’m not stressing, not tiring myself out.

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    1. acflory Avatar

      Yes. The chance of any of us ‘making it big’ is about the same as winning the lottery, so wearing ourselves out with this marketing ploy or that or that one over there…not worth it. We will have Readers who find their way to our work, simply because we like the same or similar things, or people. I say welcome them with open arms when they arrive but don’t go out hunting for them with a shotgun. :)

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      1. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

        My hunting days are long gone, Meeks…

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    2. Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes Avatar

      I think I have reached the point of no point, Vivienne. It’s all down to how I’m feeling. If I feel like doing something, I have a go. and if I don’t…

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