07/19/2025: No Questions Asked
After a fun vacation and time in the city with family, I welcome this lazy Saturday, the best day of the weekend.
I realized how much I missed writing when I was gone for a week and a half, even though I made the conscious decision to take a break after hitting another significant milestone with a project I’m working on. But I know taking a step back and gaining fresh perspective is a crucial part of the creative process as well.
Upon my return to the normal routine mid-week, I find myself coming back to writing with a newfound excitement as I get closer to my goal of finishing a series of stories that are near and dear to my heart. I look forward to maybe doing something with the small collection soon, and returning to my novel after that.
And though I hesitated to say “maybe,” I left it there so I could counter with confidence: I look forward to actually doing something with this soon. I have no doubt that I will do it, because it’s something that’s been on my mind ever since I started the project, and I get excited at the thought of putting it out into the world with no expectations, and with only love for the craft driving me to do it.
I’m also looking forward to expanding my knowledge in the realm of editing by starting my copy editing certification program at the end of this month. I’m really hoping I can get in on the ground floor of something related to the industry I hope to be a part of one day, so that I don’t waste any more time being unfulfilled or miserable in a career that requires useless skills, or skills I’d rather not dust off again if I don’t have to.
Knowledge, experience, and time are the only things that will get me closer to that goal, so I’ll just keep learning what I can about the craft, keep writing and editing stories, and, most importantly, I’ll give myself grace in the learning and growing process. I know in my heart that there’s nothing else I’d rather do, and no one can change my mind. Even when I talk and no one listens, and even when people think they know best but in reality are biased by their own experiences and desires.
If you choose not to hear me, that’s fine. I’m validated by myself and myself alone, and only I can know what is best for my life and my wellbeing, just like you are entitled to the same way of thinking and being. I will fight every day for the things that make me, well, me. And I hope that you are also waking up each day with a passion to do the same. Life is too short to be miserable and unfulfilled, to be stagnant, to not be yourself. You don’t have time to be unsure about your path, or in doubt about the people you have chosen to surround yourself with. You deserve to feel seen, and you deserve to feel authentic, comfortable in your own life and skin.
And if you only hear one thing, please hear this:
If anything or anyone in your life doesn’t serve you in the ways that you want - and, most importantly, need - you have every right to walk away, no questions asked.