Don’t be Afraid to Tell Your Story
Someone, somewhere needs to hear it.
‘How do you write about your life so openly?’
This is the question I get asked the most since I started blogging five months ago. I have always found it interesting that they don’t ask me why I write about my own life for the entire world to read, but how I do it.
I try to brush off the question, telling them there isn’t a secret to how I write or what I write about. It’s just my life and I write it down sometimes.
My answer never seems to satisfy them because they are looking for a specific tactic for sharing their own stories.
Figuring Out What You Want to Say
When I decided to start blogging, like so many other writers, I didn’t know what to write about. I’m not especially talented or knowledgeable in specific areas. While I did attend three years of college, I didn’t graduate.
When it comes to productivity, marketing, business, and a plethora of other areas that many people write about on the internet, I don’t have much of anything say. I couldn’t seem to find the right fit for my writing.
It took a lot of searching within my own life to find the right subjects to write about. I settled on relationships, mental health…
