What I learnt After Changing From A Horse Rider To A Copywriter.
I loved riding horses, and I love being a freelance copywriter, but…
“Do something you love, and you'll never work a day in your life”!
Really, can that be true?
I think it's a load of rubbish.
Now you may think that I haven't done something I love yet.
But you'd be wrong
When I was fifteen, I desperately wanted to leave school.
I didn't fit in there and just wanted to work with horses.
I'd been crazy about horses and ponies from age three and wasn't interested in anything else.
I mean, I would have moved my pony, Jinty, into the house if Mom and Dad had let me.
Sadly, they liked their damn carpets a little too much, so it didn't happen.
Anyway, just before my sixteenth birthday, I started my dream job, working with racehorses, which I continued to do for over fifteen years.
Most days were brilliant, but it wasn't always all angel wings and unicorns.
But I think that's just life.
It's full of ups and downs, ebbs and flows, good and not-so-good.
If you don't have the down days where you fall off three times out of four or a horse decides to take a chunk out of your arm, you won't get the brilliant days either.
All days will just become the same.
It's called life.
And no matter how much of a glass-half-full person you are, some days will always be better than others.
Now I’m I Writer Copy Instead Of Rider Horses.
But it is still the same.
I love writing copy for clients, but that doesn't mean I never have to work hard.
Some days are easy, and TBH.
Some days are hard work too.
But I think getting through the hard days makes it fun.
You get to see how much you can do and what you're made of.
You become more resilient and grow.
Then appreciate the really good days and learn from the bad ones.
So, if you're doing something you love but only love it sometimes, don't worry.
I’m the same. I think it's all just part of the ups and downs of life.
Not just unique to being a horse rider or a copywriter.
Let me know what you think in the comments.