First (Terrible) Post!-Getting paid to write for people

I figure that after I get my degree, I should be "going out there" and start building my career. I've been working since I was 11. I will probably retire in my sixties, so now I am at a point to "fill in" the rest of my life. The problem I have with everything now is "time". I have to look at career options while finishing up assignments, go to work, etc? Not to mention the "balancing act" I have to do with my sleep cycle every time I go into work.
What would be nice is getting paid to write for people. I guess that is my goal for now. I like the idea of translating technical concepts into simple English for laypeople. Right now I am discovering just that with the technical description assignment that we have.
I am going to search through the interwebs and look at blogs and other interesting things I can find. Can you tell this is a terrible first entry?