Today I write

Yvette Nietzen
Nov 4 · 2 min read

I finally joined medium and decided to pay my $5.00 per month. I can read all the stories from my favorite people, and this has encouraged me to start my writing up again when I read about their success stories.

I have had ups and downs with my writing journey, and at times I relapsed into a non-writing mode.

Too many times to count.

Why all the ups and downs?

For me, it has been a roller coaster of highs and lows.

Financial hardships and disappointments is life are the main reasons. I hate to admit it, I have fallen into a funk. I am not sure if it been a depression, but nevertheless, its been a funk and a bad one.

I get excited when I write, I enjoy it.

I have also discovered I am an expert procrastinator. I research which books will help me, and this takes up time when I should be writing.

I go through my blog and play around with the themes.

Again, procrastination.

I can´t possibly read everything I want. I have to take the time to write.

What I found out is that I am afraid. Afraid of not sounding good, of not making sense, of a crappy post, and at failing.

I have to get to the point where I don’t care if I fail or sound crappy, I just need to write.

Writing is like a diet, one needs to be consistent to see the results.

So today I write.

Tomorrow I write,

And with my writing, my confidence will build-up, I will improve, and I will desire to write.

When the positive outweighs the bad, fear will be left behind.

Written by

Wife, mom, writer, speaker, minister, blogger. I live in Costa Rica, which includes frequent earthquakes and an abundance of rain. www.nietzenwriter.blog

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