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Moving Forward Monday
May. 16th, 2016 04:13 pmI swear I am trying to make some sort of comeback here. I really am.
Anyway, there is no addition to the title today. Life has been a bit crappy, I've struggled with some personal issues (and am still struggling, to be perfectly honest here, but I'm overcoming them one day at a time), and I'm just ready to keep moving forward. Regressing just isn't an option.
One thing about the struggles with the personal issues, with the hints and vague teasings of what could be in store for me in the future, is that a very deeply personal and profound question keeps coming up, one of which I have some very basic and yet vague answers for but no answers at the same time.
What do I want to do with my life/What do I want from life?
The simple answers are, in fact, quite simple. I want to become a mother and I want to be a writer. The one will be challenging, and the other is already challenging. (I like the facebook meme that says writing is like giving yourself homework; if one wants glamourous, throw glitter at the computer screen.) I love writing. I know, when it finally happens, I will at least be a very interesting and very compassionate and loving mother. I can't I'll be the greatest mother in the world, but I know I will be doing my best.
So what else is there, right? What more could I possibly want from this life? Spiritual enlightenment is one, and that's another thing I'm striving for in my life.
All of it comes down to interacting with others. I like interacting with other people, and interacting with other people, be it online or in real life, offers a great deal of insight into things like character creation and how people interact with the following: other people, technlogy, and the environment. Or, as my high school short stories teacher taught it, the conflicts of man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. himself, and, now, man vs. technology. Yes, I am working to where I do not need steady employment in order to survive, to where I can not only survive on my writing earnings but thrive as well. It's hard work, it's frustrating work, being a writer, but it is something I truly love. I can't imagine not writing. Even if I had no aspirations to be a published author of original fiction, I would still be writing. It'd be fanfiction, of course, but I would still be writing.
The questions truly do not need an immediate response, but they do require some serious thought on my part. I've had dreams of opening my own restaurant, bakery, ice cream shop, candy shop, bookstore, and so on. Basically, something small as an outlet for my creativity or as a way to help others. As a writer, I know I can (and will) tackle many social justice issues so being a social justice warrior is a no brainer. It's the desire to do achieve that's burning through me, and never before has it burned quite like this within my soul.
Like I said, I don't need to answer these questions right away. I already know that, no matter, whatever comes my way, I will survive it. It's assured within me.
I will have an amazing and awesome life. It'll be filled with ups and downs, but I wouldn't want it any other way.
Anyway, there is no addition to the title today. Life has been a bit crappy, I've struggled with some personal issues (and am still struggling, to be perfectly honest here, but I'm overcoming them one day at a time), and I'm just ready to keep moving forward. Regressing just isn't an option.
One thing about the struggles with the personal issues, with the hints and vague teasings of what could be in store for me in the future, is that a very deeply personal and profound question keeps coming up, one of which I have some very basic and yet vague answers for but no answers at the same time.
What do I want to do with my life/What do I want from life?
The simple answers are, in fact, quite simple. I want to become a mother and I want to be a writer. The one will be challenging, and the other is already challenging. (I like the facebook meme that says writing is like giving yourself homework; if one wants glamourous, throw glitter at the computer screen.) I love writing. I know, when it finally happens, I will at least be a very interesting and very compassionate and loving mother. I can't I'll be the greatest mother in the world, but I know I will be doing my best.
So what else is there, right? What more could I possibly want from this life? Spiritual enlightenment is one, and that's another thing I'm striving for in my life.
All of it comes down to interacting with others. I like interacting with other people, and interacting with other people, be it online or in real life, offers a great deal of insight into things like character creation and how people interact with the following: other people, technlogy, and the environment. Or, as my high school short stories teacher taught it, the conflicts of man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. himself, and, now, man vs. technology. Yes, I am working to where I do not need steady employment in order to survive, to where I can not only survive on my writing earnings but thrive as well. It's hard work, it's frustrating work, being a writer, but it is something I truly love. I can't imagine not writing. Even if I had no aspirations to be a published author of original fiction, I would still be writing. It'd be fanfiction, of course, but I would still be writing.
The questions truly do not need an immediate response, but they do require some serious thought on my part. I've had dreams of opening my own restaurant, bakery, ice cream shop, candy shop, bookstore, and so on. Basically, something small as an outlet for my creativity or as a way to help others. As a writer, I know I can (and will) tackle many social justice issues so being a social justice warrior is a no brainer. It's the desire to do achieve that's burning through me, and never before has it burned quite like this within my soul.
Like I said, I don't need to answer these questions right away. I already know that, no matter, whatever comes my way, I will survive it. It's assured within me.
I will have an amazing and awesome life. It'll be filled with ups and downs, but I wouldn't want it any other way.
