First, I must apologize. It has been three weeks since the last post. I woke up today with the knowledge that I was at the edge of quitting. I know this because I live my life poised on the precipice of, “Oh well, I guess that’s over.” I am a quitter. Maybe you are too?
That is how it happens. It’s not intentional. It’s just the slow snowballing of inaction. Eventually, that snowball grows so big it pushes you right off the Cliff of Quitters, where you fall to a cold death submerged in your own failure.
Does a Blog Exist if No One Reads it?
That metaphor has gone on long enough. I never claimed to have experience in creative writing. The truth is, this blog has been my first chance to write anything in a very, very long time. Hence, therefore, consequently, my writing sucks a bit.
I’m here to remind everyone that it is okay to be bad at stuff! I get a little bit better with WordPress and choosing silly GIFs everyday! Hopefully, that will happen with writing too.
I’m in quitter rehab. I just have to keep working the program. (Oh my god. Now, I really want steps, and meetings, and a real community of support. ***Saves this idea for later***)
Anyway, I know no one missed this blog too much during its absence. How do I know this? Well, no one is aware that it exists.
Creation Requires Vulnerability
I have not promoted it in any way. Would you buy from an Etsy shop with one item for sale? No. Coincidentally, this is why I’ve never opened my own Etsy store, despite my obsession with handmade crafts. Building a catalog of items or posts takes time and commitment.
Creating anything and letting the world see it is incredibly scary. We naturally want to avoid making ourselves vulnerable, but that limits our accomplishments. Brené Brown is now a household name after writing Daring Greatly, a bestseller on the topic. This is obviously something a lot of people struggle with.
If you choose not to share your creation that is also a lonely feeling, because you’re left with the worst criticisms of all. We tend to be hardest on ourselves. If the only person giving you feedback is the asshole voice in your head, it’s easy to become discouraged. It’s easy to be a quitter.
The ultimate goal of this blog is community. I want comments. I want ideas. Honestly, I want to make enough money to pay for the blog itself, so I can justify this project. It’s not just writing practice. It’s sharing practice, and I mean the difficult kind of sharing (not the fake social media kind).
Quitter No More
My secrecy goes so deep none of my family or friends know about LWYM. My husband doesn’t know. He has a hobby Twitter account with a pretty extensive following. Not only could he be a resource for promotion, but above all, he would absolutely understand. I think he’s still sad that our loved ones found out about his Twitter fame.
It’s not just trolls that love the anonymity of the internet! Your awkward town introvert probably loves it too.
The thing is, publicly committing to something greatly increases your chance of success. Soon it will be time for this baby bird to fly!
This site is new and needs work. Making myself vulnerable is terrifying, but this time I don’t want to be a quitter. Most of all, I’d really like to push through and see what happens if I don’t let myself.
Edits need to be done, social media accounts need to be made, links need to be dropped, etc. (aka all the shit that I don’t like/know how to do). We just have to keep moving forward and get used to doing a little shameless self-promotion.
I can’t wait to meet you!