This is the trap human beings fall into.
We want life to be binary.
We want to define who we are by what we do so our elevator pitch to God can be easily understood and accepted. But we are much more than our occupation. I've spent decades of my life BEING a baseball player rather than examining the fibers of who I am. It became a mask, shielding me from the person I was meant to be.
So, I'm all three. I'm actually much more than all three, and I bet you are, too.
Not at all. I split my day into buckets.
The first bucket is writing. I've spent years honing the craft of storytelling (still a work in progress) specifically focusing on sports memoirs and building my Romance debut. I have no plans on stopping.
Then, I work hard at growing durable companies, some my own, some I'm contracted, for ten-to-twelve-hour workday. (My LinkedIn is dedicated solely to this part of my life).
It's simple. I work hard from the early morning to the late afternoon. Then I don't.
Wow. Okay.
One, Fabio hasn't been on a cover since the early 90s.
Two, I'm a huge advocate for men reading romance.
Three, to be a Romance the main character must allow themselves to be vulnerable. They have to overcome loss and regret and be willing to sacrifice everything they have to earn the love they seek. They are stories of redemption. They are stories of acceptance, no matter who you are or who you love. They are stories of us.
And I wonder how amazing this world could be if we celebrated these characteristics of romance rather than scoff at them.