I wrote business books for over twenty years, selling about 150,000 copies or so, and they fueled my speaking and consulting career. I put poetry off too long, not starting until I stopped presenting, driven by the virus of course. I wish I would have chased it earlier. You can do both, have a life and be an early morning writer, or a Bukowski and be a late night creator. Writing anchors my day and I would be hard put to let it go.