I’m new to this, so please bear with me whilst I find my footing.
It was suggested to me that a website might be a good way for me to store my writing in one place but I didn’t know where to start because I am not an IT wizard. I am hoping that, by extracting the words and characters from my very cluttered brain it will free up some space for the essential life details that I am supposed to remember, such as birthdays, PINs and the like.
I was something of a quiet child who much preferred having my head buried in a book than being the centre of attention. That love of reading grew into a love of writing. It was a way for me to process my emotions, to understand everything that was swirling around inside my head. I couldn’t really keep a diary – I have two sisters so privacy wasn’t something that was really respected. Instead, I would write poems to express my feelings. I have a book somewhere in the loft that has around 50 or so poems in that I wrote before I was a fully fledged teenager. I keep meaning to dig it out and read them again. You never know, some of them may even end up on here (as long as you promise not to judge 12 year old me too harshly!).
I never really shared any of my writing before so posting them on here does make me feel a little vulnerable. I keep telling myself that it’s a logical step. I can’t test the possibility of writing for a living without putting myself and my writing out there for people to read. As scary and uncomfortable as that feels, I’ll just have to get used to it.
Without Change, there would be no Butterflies
Maya Angelou
This has recently become one of my favourite quotes and a reminder to myself that, if I want to succeed at anything, I will have to change, to grow. I don’t want to be stuck as a caterpillar forever (not that there’s anything wrong with caterpillars). The world is constantly changing and, if we want to keep up, we need to change too. So, I shall become a butterfly!