Have pen will write!! For free!!! Seems like everyone would jump all over that. So far not quite what I expected. But everything is a process right? I definitely didn’t get the nerve to begin this journey over night so I can’t expect results in an instant either.
This is the beginning of my self proclaimed and self driven climb to using my writing skills to live the way I want to. I’m not buying all the get rich quick schemes, and honestly I don’t want to be rich anyways. Like Biggie said, “Mo money, mo problems.” I’ve got enough problems as it is, thank you very much. This is a personal challenge for me, a way to push myself, discover new things about myself and hopefully find whatever direction, area and path I am destined to go down. If you never open the door and take a peek inside, how can you tell whats on the other side anyways? I believe we all have something, a skill, dream or talent burning deep within, begging incessantly to be released. Our collective goal should forever be how do I find it and release it from its cage. The most important question is how do we use this in a way that other people can comprehend, relate, connect with and go away wishing to do the same. We need to inspire everyone to chase their dreams. YOLO, literally. One life and one chance, why are you waiting? You can do it, I believe in you and I would love to hear about your journey and share in it!
For any of you following this expedition of mine I humbly want to say thank you and I also wish to challenge you to do something similar in your own life. What’s that one hidden talent or internal burning wildfire you have that no one knows about? Maybe your afraid or maybe it’s too personal, I can only speak for myself, but writing has always been my hidden pleasure and it always took the back seat behind music. My life has been too motivated by fear, I practiced to make sure I didn’t mess up at the gig, had a death grip on the girl out of fear she might forget about me, or I would push people away because the thought of rejection was too painful. Driven by 100 forms of fear I tend to mess up, like all the time, but what I realize now is I’m human and I am going to mess up, so I choose to not let fear keep me from seeking the things I desire. I think we as a population are so afraid to leave the comfort of our norm it paralyzes us from growth. How can you really know what your good at or what makes you truly happy, joyous and free if you don’t try different things? I’m the kind of person that always desired to experience everything, and although that came to bite me in the end I learned invaluable lessons. Some on what I really enjoy and some on what works for me, but the majority on what is a really, terribly bad idea for me.
This last year has been crazy, and I will go into much more detail about this in the future, but a lot has led up to this decision, even though it feels very spur of the moment right now. This dream has always been there, deeply rooted and I couldn’t remove it even if I wanted to. God planted it, and I made a commitment to Him when He saved me. Careful watering and nutrition hopefully will make it grow as long as I don’t kill it with my clumsy brown thumbs…
Today marks a step in a new direction, a bold decision to try something different, to push myself and trust deeper in the hands of my Creator. I know that if this is not His will for me it will become increasingly clear, but for now I’m with it. This blog, which will surely evolve will be a collection of many things. One, it will act as documentation of my daily practice of writing. Two, it will act as a platform for me to publicly put out some form of content. Three, I have some stuff in me that needs to get released. As much as I hope this blesses someone who reads it, if it doesn’t then I still accomplish what I set out to do, release my writings publicly. Last, it’s a test to see what kind of response I get. Now this is a call to those who choose to actually read, we all need feedback and we are blinded by the lenses in our very eyes. It is impossible to get another perspective without looking through another set of eyes. So I ask, please do not be afraid to leave honest feedback good or bad, and like, follow, share, all that good stuff if you think someone else may enjoy my material.
Topics will range from life experience, my spiritual walk, this writing thing, to pets, music reviews, creative words and other topics that interest me or those who choose to read this. Realistically I imagine this will bounce around like my mood, but I will do my best to be educational and informative in my posting as well, rather than have this be a personal diary. If you have anything you would like me to write about please contact me, I would love to create something for you.
For all those reading and following my page I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart and if there is anyway I can support you back please let me know and God bless!
Also this is a picture of a teenage me after maniacally ripping open Christmas presents, reliving moments of my childhood. That is what this is for me, living a dream I have had since I was a child. If I ever write a book thats going on the cover, I promise.
Russ
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We don’t often get autobiographical writings on this site, I’ve found, so getting to hear someone’s thoughts and plans to follow what they feel is their calling is a great change of pace. I took a memoir writing class last semester (grad student here) and was given some really great resources if writing about your own life is the direction you want to take. The first book was called “Living to Tell the Tale” by Jane Taylor McDonnell. The second “Writing the Memoir” by Judith Barrington. Another book I’d recommend to a fellow writer is “How to Read Novels Like a Professor” by Thomas Foster. He has a series of books in the same vein, and is extremely accessible.
As you begin your journey, keep in mind that the best writers are also wide readers. Every book you consume forms your writing in some way whether through tone/style or exposure to new ideas and thoughts.
Bless you as you step out the door! The road goes ever on and on!
Thank you so much for the advice, recommendations and encouragement, it means the world to me. I kind of found this site by accident so I just decided to see what happens, which is pretty much how this whole thing happened for me. I am strongly considering going back to school for some form of writing, I am finding myself addicted to it, if I’m not at the computer writing I’m thinking about it constantly. Thank you again for taking the time to read and comment!
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Thank you so much for the advice, recommendations and encouragement, it means the world to me. I kind of found this site by accident so I just decided to see what happens, which is pretty much how this whole thing happened for me. I am strongly considering going back to school for some form of writing, I am finding myself addicted to it, if I’m not at the computer writing I’m thinking about it constantly. Thank you again for taking the time to read and comment!