Hiatus on my Education

7. November 2011 by Gore Wehner.

It’s true. I am taking a leave of absence from the Creative Writing Masters Program. Why? Because I can’t do it all. There. I said it. I think sometimes we writers ask too much of ourselves. We want to succeed in our careers, improve in our craft all the while eating right, getting regular exercise, working our jobs, taking care of our kids, doing many errands and keeping our houses free from bugs and vermin (in other words, cleaning semi-regularly). But something has got to give. I know writers whose houses are filthy. I know writers whose children are in other people’s care. A lot. I know writers who are in desperate need of a health makeover. But they are writing. I’m not here to judge, I’m just here to explain…we can’t have it all. So I am putting my education on hold without guilt. Maybe a bit of disappointment, I am loving the class I’m taking. But after this semester I will have to wait until the littlest attends Kindergarten. Perhaps you’ve made sacrifices, too? It’s all right. Even putting your writing on hold is all right if that’s what you need to to do to get yourself together. It’s hard to be creative when you feel held down by a twenty-foot pile of rocks. Give yourself permission to give yourself room. In two years, I will return to college. What are your goals?

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