What they don't tell you

Here is what they don't tell you:

It is very possible to be a writer with a full-time day job.

It is much harder to be a writer with a full-time day job, and also an adult -- to do the laundry and the grocery shopping and the cooking and the cleaning. At which point you have several choices:

-Get married. Outsource wage earning to spouse.

-Get married. Outsource adulthood to spouse.

-Work a job that pays actual money. Outsource adulthood to grocery delivery services, laundry services, restaurants, etc.

-Eat Spaghetti-Os!

I have to get a lot more frugal if I want to move to a different apartment next year. It just takes time.