People Should Really Stop Expecting Normal from Me...

One thing leads to another, that leads to somewhere else and then before you know it you have a full blown writing career before your eyes. Your days are filled with social media haunts, writing your next great masterpiece, blogging and reading for pleasure or because you agreed to write a book review. Maybe your day consists of household chores between all your writing duties or breaks to watch a t.v. show, better yet a little time with the dogs or whatever pets you decided to dedicate your life to. Wherever your writing career stands and whatever you're doing at this very moment is freedom. Free to be standing around in your pajamas drinking coffee while scratching your tush thinking of the next great work that will get typed from your fingertips hitting those independent keys within your keyboard to form a word which creates a sentence that strings together paragraph after paragraph eventually making a chapter and so on it goes. People should stop expecting normal from me...we all know it's never gonna happen.

I began to write because it was cathartic. I began to write because I had lots of ideas. I began to write because I could no longer get a job, not even a dead end one that had crappy wages and killed my soul working ridiculous hours making other people's dreams come true. I began to write because I felt nobody was listening to what I had to say, so maybe they would pay attention if I put it on paper. People really should stop expecting normal from me...we all know it's never gonna happen.



I have friends and I'm not sure why because I'd rather write than meet them for lunch and sometimes it takes an act of God to get me out of the house. But nonetheless, I do have friends that have said, "Okay, this writing thing has been fun but when are you going back to work? Better yet, when are you going to join society again?" Last I checked I was still a part of society. I'm still helping others, still going out to exercise or errand running and yes, sometimes even meet my friends to do stuff. I might be more a member of social media society these days, but I'm still a member of the world. I may be an introverted member but that hasn't changed from when I went out and held a 9 to 5 job every day. At that time, I was just an introverted person living in an extroverted society putting myself through anguish and forcing myself to be extroverted. Now, I'm an introverted creative person living in an introverted world which suits me just fine. People should absolutely stop expecting normal from me...we all know it's never gonna happen.

Don't let people talk you out of your dreams just because they believe you're going against the grain, living your life differently from others. As writers, we are all unique in our own way. When you're living the life your supposed to be living, the world opens up. Regardless of where you are at and what your lifestyle is like, the endless opportunities will find you because your living your truth and being your true self. I am all for being fulfilled, happy and flourishing in my own unique way for I am living the life that was meant for me.

People should stop expecting normal from me...we all know it's never gonna happen.



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