I took the day off from writing yesterday. I can be hard on myself at times. Yesterday I made a point in reminding myself that my work on the blog is good and that it helps people. I feel renewed today. The time off was well spent.
Today I am reminded that writing isn't a competition. I believe the challenge in writing is to feel free to express yourself as you are. It is this way that you will write well. I tend to be just a bit focused on relevant matters in my writing. Writing at its best is mutually beneficial to the reader and writer.
I have in writing this blog healed myself. I was until I began publishing this blog a very private person. I would be described as reserved. I rarely expressed to anyone how I felt or personal issues. I suffered from bottling up all my heat ache and it manifested its self negatively.
I've shared many stories on this blog that previously I had kept secret. I have a deeper more open relationship with my family as they read all of my articles. They know better what my experiences have been, with mental illness and otherwise. It was very important that I get out all that I have.
I want to comment in closing on a recent article I wrote. I mentioned in this article that I wanted to not get complacent. I was referring to writing for this blog as not quite demanding as much from me as I wanted. I still have mixed feelings about this. I do feel good about what I am doing as I said at the beginning of this article. I also feel I could take on more.
I will try to have all my work from this blog published into a book in 6 months. I have a friend in publishing and I'm 99% sure I will get this done. After that 6 months I am going to try to get a job. I will ideally work as a peer specialist. I believe that having a book published will add tremendously to my credibility. Thereby improving my chances of finding my desired work.
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