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Writing for Passion
I started writing stories because I loved writing stories. It’s the way many people start in this field. I loved the world I had begun creating. I could get lost in it. Until I got lost in something else. In the past year I found myself not wanting to write as much, avoiding it almost. Writing wasn’t for me anymore, it wasn’t for the world or for the fun of it, it was because I had to write. Because I wanted this to be my job and I was running out of time before my kids were school aged and all of a sudden all of this pressure was cascading…
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Test Me
I’m going to say it: my college degree is useless for my life. Even when I worked in accounting I didn’t need my degree. I needed experience. When I was at community college I took philosophy and history and business courses and swimming and physics. I learned so much at community college. My world view changed not just because I went to multiple schools in multiple states, but because I was exposed to so much. Then I went through the upper division part — business school. I think I spent that time learning more about who I am, things I should have learned in regular school, than I did learning…
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Undiagnosed: I Might Be Dyslexic
I wanted to try something new. Something me. I hope this helps someone as I wander this world and try to make sense of myself. Without further ado, I present the first of many posts about neurodiveristy. I stand on the edge between two worlds: I am undiagnosed, and I don’t know if I want to be. I might be dyslexic, and you might think so too. I may not have someone telling me what I am, but I have never understood myself better. I’ve never been neurotypical. I’m gifted. I’ve always felt like the dumbest gifted person in the room. The dumbest smart person in the room. I have…