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Cara's work combines: Food, Writing, and Communicating / Sharing Stories
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Creative Writing
Taylor University
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Poets, Lyricists & Creative Writers:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Writing, General
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Read and wrote constantly as a kid.
2.
Took a year off for "real world experience."
3.
Went to college far away, majoring in writing, started a blog.
4.
Got a job at a winery after graduation.
5.
Started my own social media marketing business.
6.
Started working part time for a library.
7.
Took a high-paying marketing job.
8.
Quit that toxic job, landed an editorship with a magazine I'd freelanced for. Wrote for free a lot.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
You should find a good job to pay the bills so that you can do what you love on the side.
How I responded:
I was living the way everyone said I should. I had the job with paid vacation and business trips and insurance, and I had never been more miserable. I couldn't be creative, I felt so drained at the end of the day. The weekend was never long enough to recharge. I hit a dark place. I fell completely apart. It was only then that those around me, those I trusted, reminded me that I didn't have to continue. That gave me the strength to quit. I repeated that to myself over and over.