Baraka_Guru

I'm an editor by trade because of my love of books. I would consider writing if my editor's mind hasn't ruined that as an option. Either way, these aren't the same as a career that employs a heavy dose of decimals, percentages, and statistics, especially when you consider income potential.

Mind you, as an editor, I can reasonably make between $80,000 and $100,000 in my latter years if I play my cards right (i.e. get some long-term corporate clients). But that will take a while. I'd be lucky to make between $30,000 and $40,000 in the low end for now, especially if much of my income is dependent on freelancing. It's difficult to get a cushy, full-time, in-house gig, especially in Canada.

I'd be more financially sound if I followed my head instead of my heart and became a managerial accountant or market forecaster or something.

But maybe you're right. Maybe I can do both. It just seems that now I've essentially chosen this path, that other path seems to have barriers to entry.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot