For some writers, a job in data entry would be like signing up for a lifetime sentence to Alcatraz. Not so for yours truly.
I’ve been working a data entry job for over a month and, to be honest, I couldn’t be happier with my daytime job. It’s a steady income with full benefits, and it’s not a job that leaves me creatively drained at the end of the day.
It’s far superior to the sales jobs I did most of last year. Whether it was selling funeral insurance, cell phones or spa packages, I just didn’t have the right set of gifts to scare people into buying something.
These days, I go to work early, I’m done by 3:30 or so, and I come home ready and able to write. That wasn’t always the case with sales positions. Data entry is routine as routine can get, but it provides time for your mind to work out character, setting, plot and more. It’s something you can do without putting your creative spark into the task… meaning you have creative energy left to spend at the end of the work day.
It works for me.
