I just wrote out two whole paragraphs, I was starting to get deep, I was getting somewhere. Somewhere I thought that my audience, well I am not sure how much of an audience I have, but I was trying to write something that YOU all would like and benefit from. In the words of Steven Pressfield, I was being a Hack. I was trying to write what would play well in the eyes of others. I was still writing something that I believed to be true but I was trying too hard to come up with something that you readers could benefit from and take away from.
Well, no offense, the whole purpose of this blog was for me. It wasn't really for you. Don't get me wrong, I am so glad you take the time to read this and I have seen how my journey has encouraged others, and I am oh so glad and it does make me feel good inside. However, I can't get caught up in that, not yet at least. I found myself too focused on how many likes, comments, and readers I got. I would get down when I wouldn't get a lot, and really happy when my blog would get more attention. I realized I need to step back and remember what this was all about. This year is about self-improvement for me and my transformation. I created this blog to keep me accountable. I have gone longer time spans in between blogs then I was shooting for but its my journey and I am taking it one step at a time. Change does NOT happen immediately. I need to remember that everyday! It takes hard work, dedication, and time.
We are all on our own journey and social media has created an opportunity for us to see other peoples journeys and it can help encourage us in our journey. That is one beauty of social media; when we see other people succeeding in something, it encores us to do the same in our walk.
So I guess, I am trying to remember I am meeting these goals for me, to be the person I know that I am, and actually become it, and EMBRACE it.
I encourage you to do the same. Stop trying to BECOME somebody amazing. You already are that person. Look within you and embrace that beautiful person that already exists!
