“...just write.”
I’ve had this thought for a while now.
This mantra of “just write” has been a voice in my head and calling on my heart. Sometimes, “just write” whispers softly. Other times, “just write” screams so loudly and pounds so intensely inside my being I can hardly stay quiet.
But I do.
And I have.
Stayed quiet, I mean. As in: radio silence.
No more! Today, I let it out.
It I use as an intentionally ambiguous, yet-to-be-defined pronoun. Why? Because if I have to define it now with 100% clarity, I would never start. In business books for start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs, the expert always says to jump before you’re ready and good enough, not perfection, is necessary to get things moving. So, I’m just writing…it.
I can tell you what it is not. It is not for people whose sole reading list consists of people.com and/or cnn.com and/or wikileaks.org. It is not heavily science or math based. It is not a 5-step-process to becoming a multi-million. (Wait…1.) stock up on cash 2.) go to the gas station 3.) buy a lotto ticket 4.) win 5.) cash in – there you go! We’re done here.) And it is most definitely not a recipe blog, primarily because I cannot follow a recipe to save my life so how am I expected to write you one?
Instead, it will probably go a little something like this:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
In no particular order, which clearly defeats the “how-to-find-something” purpose of giving you a table of contents but leaves the organizational markers intact.
- RELATIONSHIPS
- Faith
- Friendship
- Dating
- Engagement / Wedding Planning
- Marriage
- Observances (aka, not my own relationships)
- WORK
- Life Calling (heavy stuff, I know!)
- Looking for Work
- Staying at Work
- Leaving Work
- Retirement
- FOOD + BEV
- Making Food
- Eating Food
- Enjoying Food / Food + Body
- Wine
- Beer, Alcohol & Other Beverages
- CHOCOLATE (yes, seriously)
- Discovering + Exploring Chocolate
- Eating Chocolate
- Making Chocolate
- What If I Was Allergic to Chocolate?
- EVERYTHING ELSE
By the way, every writing instinct inside me is saying “ambiguity = bad, clarity = good!”, pushing me to define it and clearly state my purpose. I don’t disagree. But if I wait, I won’t write. And starting now, refining and defining later is what needs to happen.
So, here we go! I truly hope you’ll love…it.
- G