“I did not use to go to bars with my classmates. It just wasn’t what I enjoyed doing. Instead, I indulged in the arts and followed my passions. Music, dance, literature and theatre …”
shares Mary Roe, a writer and contributor to online magazine PlusCS for Zero to Dream Job readers.
I am originally from Slovakia and moved to England with my husband in 2011.
From a teacher to a warehouse operator! From a warehouse operator to a writer!
I have studied at the Faculty of Education, but I noticed many down sides in working within education. I only worked in education for about a year and soon after moved with my husband to the UK, where we live for five years now. I have been working as an operator in a warehouse with clothes, what definitely does not match my idea of the dream job.
Soon I started to explore how my dream job would look like. So I started to wonder what do I expect from my work, what are my skills and knowledge that make me unique and which of my achievements made me feel joyful and happy? It took some time to find the answer, but I finally got it one day. Writer! This profession is totally aligned with everything that I was looking for and expect from my dream job.
So called „normal life“ of my classmates and going to the bars seemed little distant to me
Since my childhood, I always felt that I was a little bit different from other children, I did not go out with my friends, much. In fact, I did not really have many friends. I did not use to go to bars with my classmates either. It just wasn’t what I enjoyed doing.
Instead, I indulged in the arts and followed my passions. Music, dance, literature and theatrer. And that’s what I dedicated my time to. I attended the Music School, joined the drama and dancing classes and... I started to write fairy tales and stories. So called „normal life“ of my classmates seemed little distant to me. I did not mind, because these activities and hobbies truly fulfilled me and made me happy.
My biggest obstacle was people but a lack of them
I needed some time to get clarity, what out of my interest resonates with me the most. I always knew that my work has to be extraordinary (from my own point of view). So I considered about studying the psychology, speaking on the radio, becoming a teacher, writer, dancer or an actress.
... but my journey was not simple. My biggest obstacle were people. In fact, a lack of them! I didn‘t have many friends who would be able to guide me or at least share a common interest in social media and networks. I didn’t have any contacts in the areas, which I found interesting or that could help me. I didn’t even have around me people, who would dare to call themselves „bookworms“. And for a starting writer, this can be a total catastrophe. But I have a dream and I won’t give up! I then I published my first ebook (for now in Slovak language only).
Since then, my imagination has been flooded with stories, so much that I don’t manage to write all of it. I carefully write the ideas that are coming up as I know that sometimes you are in your creative flow and then you have time when... well, simply put... you just don’t know how to move forward. I focus on writing books for children, because its young readers close to my heart and personality. But writing a book is one thing. And getting it published is another. It is far more challenging to show to the world, that I exist and my book exists.
I feel that I am on a right track, because I am starting to experience fulfillment in my life
Since I published the book, people started to connect with me on FB and among them were also other writers. I have found a team of people, who are helping me with the amendments and support me with advertising and promo. It’s not even a year since I published my first book, and now I am launching my second one – How the bat Badly became a flight dispatcher. It is a fairy tale, but a different one.
It’s a story about the fact, that in a big crowd of people there is always someone, who is different and who wants to do in their life something extraordinary. It’s about a change, because in order to make a change, a human being needs to leave his „little bubble“. Without a change, nothing can change. It is also about sharing ideas, because without talking and sharing, nothing can start to happen.
My dream is to take this book to the whole world, which I am actively working on. My next step is to have it translated into English. My journey is still long. I need to learn. I need to improve my writing and promo... but I feel, that I am on the right track, because I am starting to experience fulfillment in my life.
If you want to connect with Mary visit her FB page or get inspired with her book
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