As some of you know, I am a fiction writer. Yes, the girl who HATED writing in high school/college writes for fun. What can I say? I'm a free spirit who prefers not to be contained by essay assignments. :) It's just a hobby now, but it would be awesome to have my work published someday.
For a looooooong time I talked and daydreamed about being a writer. I wished really, really, really hard that I could get a book published. I did this for several years and then I had an epiphany:
"Crap. I better write something, if I want to be a writer."
Okay, so I'm a free spirit and a bit slow on the uptake.
My point is a lot of people want things out of life, but don't do them for various reasons. They're scared, they doubt themselves, it's too much work, they're too busy, etc. I realized a blank-page-waiting-for-genius is pretty daunting, but unless I put something on it I wasn't going anywhere. So, I put something on that page. Then the next. Then the next ten pages after that. And boy did it suck. But it was okay because it was on the page and I could fix it later. And even if it still sucked after that, oh well. I was a writer and it felt good.
"When there's a hill to climb, don't think that waiting will make it smaller." - H. Jackson Brown
It's okay to be afraid and to doubt, but don't let it stop you from reaching your dreams. Lace up your climbing shoes and start hiking!
"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone." - Pablo Picasso
A bit dramatic maybe, but true. Live your life with no regrets. I like quotes by the way - they inspire me.
So, start writing, go to the gym, take ballroom dancing classes or whatever it is YOU want to do. It's worth it.
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