Shut Up and Write…

Life has been so busy and I haven’t had much time to write. Perhaps that’s an excuse or maybe I have been really busy. Either way writing has taken a back burner for me and I just don’t seem to make/find the time to write.

One of my goals for this year has been to blog more and to start writing my book. Have I done any of that? No, but I have been reading my goals before I meditate and saying my affirmations like “I am a freelance writer” and “I’m doing what I love, while making lots of money”.

One of the things that I am learning is that what you think and what you tell yourself, you will eventually become and that your brain will figure out ways to get these things for you if you believe that you can and will achieve them. But it doesn’t stop there, because in order to get what you want out of life you have to take action.

But what action do you take? They say in the books if you pay attention to the signs that are around you, the universe will show you what action to take. If you follow the signs and trust your intuition you will be brought to a place where all the things that you have thought/dreamed will come true.

Last Wednesday, when my friend was in town, I was looking for something for us to do. While scrolling through meet up, an event popped up “Shut Up and Write”. I clicked on it.

It was a writing group that meets every Wednesday to write for an hour on zoom. Consistency, accountability. If this wasn’t the universe giving me an answer to my “not finding the time to write” challenge, I don’t know what would be.

I added it to my calendar to join the next Wednesday meet up.

This last week has been so stressful at work and has reminded me how determined I am to create a life that I want and that I can fully enjoy to the fullest. Most days at my work I can get myself in a good headspace, but today, today was the hardest and everything got to me.

Acknowledging that my bad day was a choice I made also meant that I could acknowledge that I had to take the step to force myself to write with strangers. I had to make the choice to get out of my comfort zone and do something different, to break the cycle of insanity and try something new.

I mentally prepared all week to do this as it is completely out of my comfort zone to hop on a zoom with a bunch of strangers but here I am, writing this while on a google meet with 7 other strangers. Why? Because if I don’t get out of my comfort zone and do the things that I want my life to be filled with, I will be stuck in the same place I am right now. And stuck….is no place that you will find me.

Perhaps this will lead to nothing, or perhaps it will be the thing that will change my life. Who knows, but I do know, that today, even though it was long and difficult and frustrating and I made all the wrong choices at work, I managed to push through for myself and through it found just what I was looking for.

Today was difficult but what I am celebrating is finding a solution to my writers block and an avenue to do what I love consistently. Sometimes when you’re least expected the thing that you are looking for will come to you. You just have to believe and you have to trust that your intuition will guide you on the right path.

Today I commit to join this group every Wednesday and write. Every Wednesday I’ll step out and do the thing that I love to do in the most uncomfortable way, so that one day, I’ll be doing what I love in a life that I designed.

Until next Wednesday…

A.A.