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I wanted to write a personal post, and I got the title for this post and the idea from my husband. We were discussing my writing and the challenges involved. So I’m sitting with my husband, and I mention how much my dream of writing means to me. I’ve been pretty emotional lately because in pursuing my writing I made things very difficult financially for the two of us, and I impacted our future-my future. My decision to write has been a spiritual and personal one, and it has not been without consequences. Nothing is. My desire to write has never wavered. My feelings on the way I walked into it gives me nightmares, sometimes. Why didn’t I plan better ? Temporary insanity? All I can do now is go forward. With all of my heart I want my writing dream to succeed. So, anyway, while discussing this with my husband he turns to me and says “You’ve just got to keep writing through everything.” I love that. Don’t you? What is it in your life you’ve had to push through, to get to where you wanted to be? Are you like me, still pushing?
I’m not even sure if my husband meant it the way I took it – to write through my fear, my anxiety, my excitement. To write through uncertainty and into certainty. It’s all about pushing through and seeing your dream come true.
“KEEP WRITING THROUGH EVERYTHING.”
I know I can do it. Despite challenges and setbacks. I know I have a personal story to tell. I’ve given myself the space to do it. The time is now.
So I will write my story. My personal story of having Turner Syndrome. I can do it. I will be taking my husband’s advice and “writing through everything.”
Kimberly, beautiful post. Keep looking and moving ahead, one word at a time. It sounds like you are being guided to do this important work. Looking forward to watching it unfold.
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Thanks! I appreciate your support and encouragement. It looks like change is in the air! I am positive: thanks again!
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You may have written about this before, but I can’t tell from this article … just wondering what you find is the most challenging Kimberly … is it the writing or doing the work to get your work in front of readers?
There’s never been a more exciting time to be a writer because we have so much more freedom than ever before to create our own destiny. But there’s also a LOT more work to being an author these days – even traditional authors are expected to participate in marketing their work. If I had a dollar for every first time author who posted this message in a writer group, “I just published my book, what should I do next?” I’d be rich.
The best gift you can give yourself is to think about your writing as a business and tackle your challenges head-on because it’s the authorpreneurs that are going to be the ones to rise above the enormous number of new books published everyday. I can tell you’re passionate about your writing so I hope you’ll find a way to make it work for you!
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Thank you for the lovely response and great advice. I hope to make it work!
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Yes, you can do this. I’m happy to see another woman following her dream. Keep on writing through it 🙂
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Thanks so much! I really have struggled to get here and now I am doing it. I really feel blessed to discover this encouragement from others. Thank you!
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Hi Kimberly! Nice to meet you. I can totally relate to your post as I started a coaching business in the past year which has been a change in lifestyle. I have needed to possess the strong mindset that I’ve been called to do this for a reason and everything will work out and be ok as long as I focus and make an impact. I am rooting for you because you have been called to write and only you can deliver your story to the world in the way you do. So I wish you nothing but the best as you step forward with your writing. Thank you for your beautiful post! – Stacey
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thank you! I really and truly appreciate the encouragement and support!
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“My decision to write has been a spiritual and personal one…” Precisely, the calling of your soul and all any of can do is hear and respond to that calling from life, a beckoning larger than ourselves because our voices are meant for other people. You have a gift that belongs in the world. Your work is inspirational!
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thank you! I am very grateful for your insight, so accurate and heartfelt!
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