I actually have a “success” fear. Not a fear of success, really, (I love success, its what I’m reaching for with this strip actually) but more of a “careful what you wish for” kind of thing. To gain what you always thought you wanted and then to realize you’ve given up on everything that is really important to get it. Kind of like what Mark says in panel two. I often think about things I’d love to see happen (awards given, syndicates falling all over themselves to publish OUTNUMBERED, etc.) and try and picture it without my wife and kids there. It sure doesn’t mean anything then. It really makes me happy and content where I am. (Who needs the syndicates, right?)
I think I had two conversations going in my head just now.
EEP, typo alert! Panel two, “loosing” should be “losing”! *__*
I always wonder about that – I know I want to be a full-time illustrator, and preferably freelance so I can have more range in what to work on, but I really don’t know if I would do a good job of being my own boss. As J.K.Rowling once wrote, “humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them”. Perhaps I should just sit on this fence awhile more and see what happens…
Thanks for the typo catch- fixed it! And don’t sit on fences, they are not as comfortable as a chair while you sit and draw.
It’s difficult to find that right balance between professional success and a happy family. My wife dreams of larger incomes for both of us, yet I know she will complain that ‘I have no time for her’ when things really start cranking and work picks up. Sigh….winning is harder than you think.
Okay, Mark? SHUT UP While You’re ahead.
Now, Melody? Just WHAT do You Have Against Old FAT GUYS???
I had a fear of failure that paralized me for years. Then I learned that just looking for God’s will and following it made me as successful and content as I could possibly be…just trying to improve my little part of the cosmos.