In mid-June this year, I set down my pen and took some time away from writing. I was tired, my kids were home for the summer, and I just needed a break to collect my thoughts. At the time I was working on a novel that just wasn’t going anywhere, and I needed to step away to decide if what I was writing was what I wanted to write.
It wasn’t.
To say I’ve abandoned the project would be a little too much. I still would like to complete that book one day, but right now it’s just not the book I want to write. Right now, I need to close a chapter in my own life by writing a completely different story before moving on to chapters that are mere dreams and fantasies.
So tonight, I am picking up the pen again by returning to my blog and tomorrow morning I intend to get up and begin writing a new book.
Am I still tired? Yeah. Are my kids still on summer break? For another week or so. Not writing though isn’t getting me where I want to be. By not following my dream, by not daring to step out and do something I enjoy, I am simply allowing myself to fail.
And I’m tired of being a failure.
Tonight, I choose to chase my dreams. Tonight, I choose to be just selfish enough to reach for something I crave. Tonight, I choose me.
J.Rhett Lively 