I have wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember. A memory that stands out in my mind was at the age of 13, I was made to stand out in front of the class and read my essay out. I had been given an A+ and the teacher said to the class “this is exactly what I was looking for in a story well done Jean!” I couldn’t believe the feeling of happiness, to have my writing acknowledged in this way, it was nerve wracking but I was on cloud nine. Since then I have attended writing workshops and again I have had the opportunity to read my writing out to others where I’ve received compliments and encouragement, but I’ve still never had anything published, until now. Does this make me a ‘writer’, I hope so. I haven’t had anything published and been paid for it, but I can’t help think this is another of those nerve wracking moments where I am standing in front of people displaying my writing and hoping they want to read it and are interested in what I have to say. A few days ago I did have a moments relapse where I thought, why am I doing this blog, for what purpose? Then in the space of a few hours someone liked a post and someone else followed me. Thank you both for doing that. It was a wow moment, to once again have that feeling of excitement that someone liked what I had written, it doesn’t get any better than that, and because of that first ‘like’ and ‘following’ I will continue with this blog and just see where it takes me because as J K Rowling wrote “Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve”. So like me even if it is nerve wracking, give it a go, whether its trying photography, cooking, knitting or running a marathon, it’s worth giving yourself a chance to shine in something, to gain confidence and to prove to yourself you can do it because I do believe anything is possible if you put your mind to it, it’s never to late.
Anything is possible, just believe in yourself, you can do it!

You are right. Anything is possible if you put your mind to. I am never imagined that I would be writing for a blog. It happened. I was hesitant in the beginning, saying ‘ that is not me’. I just took it up. Nice article.
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Thankyou so much for the comment …. I do believe in the power of positive thinking – to receive feedback makes me believe I can really do this so thankyou
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