Why You Should Finally Start Writing
What helped me start could help you too
It was the beginning of the pandemic. So much was swirling through my head as I contemplated the state of the world, the safety of my family, and the fragile condition of my mental health due to just graduating college.
As I lay in my bed — thinking about how mere days before I was in my college town, and now I was in my home state, back under my parents’ roof, cooped up for who knows how long — I suddenly realized something. No amount of time was guaranteed. In fact, no tomorrow was guaranteed. At the rate that things were going, the world could have blown up for all I knew.
This made me sit up and take action. Sure, I always had a dream of writing a book, and I always assumed I would someday. I definitely felt like I had some words in me and some strong opinions. My goal was to write the story of my life when I turned 50. Suddenly, I wasn’t sure if I would make it past 22.
So, I did what any person fighting for their sanity in the middle of a pandemic would do. I started a new hobby. And particularly for me, I started pursuing my dream of writing. It was in those first few months, that I set the tone for what has become the last two years of my writing career. In fact, in a few short weeks, I’m going to be having a book signing at my local Barnes and Noble, which…
