Hi Li - You're the second Charmaine I've met on here, which by the way, that's my name given at birth, spelled the same way:-) "we writers often have something else — something higher — that drives us to write." In that one sentence, you described why you will only be able to get just "so far" away from your writing. When it's in your blood, like it is with us, you have no choice but to surrender to it, but you're right; it can definitely be managed, so go forth all you writers, and try and grab control...!