This was not the blog post I had planned to write. Yes, shockingly, I do often plan my blog posts... other times I just write on a whim. Like today. I've been struggling recently with some things in my life and one of those has been a certain person who I often clash with.
I have had a strange relationship with books. Not only am I a writer, but I am also an avid reader. That might not seem strange, after all, if you want to be a good writer you NEED to be an avid reader. However, it wasn't always that way for me. In fact, the idea I am a writer at all is pretty strange. Let me explain...
Being a writer has its ups and downs. In fact, it's probably why writers (and other creative types) often have to live with riding the excessive emotional roller-coaster that comes from straddling reality and fantasy. I don't think people choose to be writers. They either are or they aren't. So, if you are feeling the pull drawing you to becoming a writer, here are some thoughts about it from me.
No guest post today so I thought I would give you a little post about me. After so many people enjoyed my post "I am Bad at Being an Adult" I decided to write this. As well as being a pretty rubbish adult, despite being in the middle of my third decade... I have some annoying habits to go with that bad adulting. Maybe you will read some of these and realise you do them too...and that I'm not just alone in my crazy.
This week has been a little strained for me and so I've struggled to get into the headspace to write a proper "writing" blog post. So I thought rather than pass or delay posting, I'll just give you some random writing facts about me. Enjoy.
I recently watched a Youtube video (not a surprise, I spend waaaay more time on Youtube than I should) that was about being a bad adult. It made me laugh mainly because it was pretty close to how I am. It then prompted a discussion between myself and my other half about other ways in which we are pretty bad at being adults. Often I feel like a kid playing dress-up and doing a pretty poor job of it too! So, enjoy the list of things that probably make me pretty bad at being an adult. Hope this is enlightening and that maybe some of you will nod along going "yup, I do that too!" You can now read Part 2 of Why I'm Bad at being an Adult.
Firstly, this was not the post I had planned on writing, however, things keep conspiring against me. Soooo... instead I'm going to write about Anxiety. This has been on my "To Blog About" for a while but it's not a comfortable topic for me. I have suffered from extreme social anxiety for....ever and while I have learned to manage it better it still makes me uncomfortable to talk about. In fact, my anxiety is such an uncomfortable thing that when I talk about it in real life, it sometimes comes across like a separate person. As if I need to separate myself from it. Yes even here on the page of typed words it makes me stressed.
Being ill made me fall far behind in a lot of things; work, my online shop, my degree, my writing. So I have had to work overtime, cram in extra study-time and work longer to complete orders. Things are starting to settle back into more of a routine. So with this, I have taken stock.
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