It's taken me so long to write this. I've been stuck on what Bella said - my last post would have been a great way to end things. But I'm bad at goodbyes, and things... aren't over.
Some recent updates to my life:
-I just celebrated one year at my current job and in my current apartment, which has given me the time and extra money to take care of myself a little better than usual.
-I'm currently working with a nutritionist in an effort to start to repair my relationship with food. Right now I am trying to relearn hunger cues.
-I have a goal to write a novel at some point. Right now, I'm just working in finishing this blanket that I started crocheting over a year ago (it got lost in the move).
I've been a little overwhelmed thinking about writing a novel. It's something I always wanted to do, but never had the drive or motivation to accomplish. I've been toying with the idea of taking my old blog posts and editing them into a novel. There's certainly enough material there. But I wonder - is it a cheap, lazy cop out to do that? And also... Would it even be something that publishers would consider worth reading?
(Probably not, unless I turned the ending into some cheap "I learned to love myself and now everything is all better" self-help bullshit)
Life marches on, whether we're ready or not.
Write about what you want! Even if it becomes one of those self-help books, someone would pick it up. And you would be helping them.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like things are going pretty well! It’s nice to see a positive update :)
ReplyDeleteAs for writing, check out NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). It’s basically a challenge to write 50,000 words in November. No one else has to read it, but I always found it good for just getting words on the page and a first draft done, and to not always look back to edit straight away. It’s been a few years since I’ve done it, but am thinking of picking it back up this year.
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