How (and why) to Write for Yourself

 Hello there!

It has been SUCH a long time. I let this blog sit for a few years, unsure if I would ever come back and write a new post. Do I even have any readers? Would anyone even care if this site just disappeared? For so long, I've been looking at writing with the mindset that I'm writing for others, and not for myself. And that's not okay.

It happens to us all--at some point, a switch happens and we realize we can't remember the last time we wrote something just for the enjoyment of it. As a ...