Ever feel like things just constantly seem to fall apart no matter what you do? I've been going through a lot of that lately. For several years it seemed as if life just wanted to batter at me from all directions. Until I finally said 'enough. I've had it.' I've had a dream about writing. I've talked about it all my life. I've dipped my toe into doing it. Well, let's rephrase that - I've always been a writer. Getting published? That was the tricky part. The hardest part of that was getting the courage to submit anything. But at some point the past few years, I simply decided to stop living for everyone else, to stop living on everyone else's terms and start living by mine. I know - pretty basic stuff, right? But how many of us really do live on our terms? Doing what we love, what drives us, the style we want, not what everyone tells us is 'right'?
When I said that one simple word - ENOUGH - things slowly started changing. Slowly started coming together. I'm not saying everything is smooth sailing - not even close! :) BUT - I started pulling together what I needed and wanted. Living my life. Standing up for myself. I started to truly push to get my stories out and now - things are coming together in ways I never would have dared believe possible 5 years ago.
And all it took was one word.