Ila Golden's Blog - Posts Tagged "2020"
Welcome to a New Decade
So the last ten years were the first decade I spent entirely as an 'adult', beginning the 2010s already in my early 20s and ending it in my early 30s. In some ways its a scary kind of thought, because I feel as though I've 'grown up' more in this past decade than I did in the two which came before it.
At the start of the 2010s I didn't feel even remotely like an adult. Yes I was in my 20s, but I had very little life experience. I was in an online relationship that made me miserable. I'd just finished university and was trying to find a job. I knew I wanted to be a writer, but I had no idea how hard getting my work out there would turn out to be. Being told you're 'good' but having publishers and agents unwilling to take the risk because you're a complete unknown is really hard.
I was also pretty green back then. Falling for a couple of things I wouldn't have fallen for now. And that includes becoming employed by a company who literally drained the soul out of me for a year, whilst underpaying me, and making me feel like I was completely useless. Took them to tribunal just as I was starting the job that would set me up for the next nine years of my life. The job I'm still in now and happily call the 'day job' whilst I try to get my writing career on track.
I've also had to deal with unreliable people who shook my faith in others. Like the flatmate who midnight flit. I've also had to struggle finacially more than once this past decade, but that hasn't stopped me achieving my goal of becoming a home owner.
Yes I have grown up so much in the last ten years. Something that's reflected so much in my writing, my passion, my determination. So bring on the next ten years. That's what I say. I can't wait to see what happens next.
At the start of the 2010s I didn't feel even remotely like an adult. Yes I was in my 20s, but I had very little life experience. I was in an online relationship that made me miserable. I'd just finished university and was trying to find a job. I knew I wanted to be a writer, but I had no idea how hard getting my work out there would turn out to be. Being told you're 'good' but having publishers and agents unwilling to take the risk because you're a complete unknown is really hard.
I was also pretty green back then. Falling for a couple of things I wouldn't have fallen for now. And that includes becoming employed by a company who literally drained the soul out of me for a year, whilst underpaying me, and making me feel like I was completely useless. Took them to tribunal just as I was starting the job that would set me up for the next nine years of my life. The job I'm still in now and happily call the 'day job' whilst I try to get my writing career on track.
I've also had to deal with unreliable people who shook my faith in others. Like the flatmate who midnight flit. I've also had to struggle finacially more than once this past decade, but that hasn't stopped me achieving my goal of becoming a home owner.
Yes I have grown up so much in the last ten years. Something that's reflected so much in my writing, my passion, my determination. So bring on the next ten years. That's what I say. I can't wait to see what happens next.
