For writers sake (I.e. Shit Post #4)

I'm trying something new and for the sake of rebranding I changed the subject title (I know totally scandalous). I am doing positive affirmations which may not seem a big deal but for me, they are because of the inner cringe they ultimately give me every time I think/say/write it. But that inner dialogue can shove it as I am my own worst enemy. My positive affirmations are: I will be a successful author. I am a writer. ..... I know totally mind-boggling right? Well for me it is anyway because I spend so much time sheltering who I am, that is why I like doing these blogs. I'm slowly finding my own voice and coming out of the shell I've forced myself into. Well, it's not to say that I actually forced myself into it as much as the world (including my mother) cast such a great shadow that I am reluctant to leave it. I feel like that is something many writers feel though, we have so many characters, plots, ideas, stories, and events happening in our heads that real life gets in the way of it. It's just a matter of organizing those ideas into something that we can use, at least for me that is. Each day I'm becoming more familiar with what works for me and what doesn't. The biggest is writing this blog on a page that no one reads, it's the psychology of it. I know that there is no one reading it BUT the potential is there so I'm slowly forcing myself to put myself out there which is something that I'm very uncomfortable with. I've lived most of my life hiding, never trying, or ending something before someone else could for the sake of having the upper hand and never getting hurt. It's not a good way to live life and if that is you, I suggest you try and do baby steps away from that. Life is short, it can be unkind but it can also be sweet; and if like me you aspire to write... you are going to have to live first too. 

Anyways done with the heavy... as always the best piece of advice I've read today: 

Never do anything you don't want to have to explain to the paramedics. 

Later taters.