To be honest, ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a writer. I read hundreds of amazing books, inspired by brilliant writers, and I thought to myself: “One day, that’s going to be me. I’m going to write a book.”
But life happens? Or so that’s what everyone says. And sometimes it does (of course it does), but other times, [in my opinion] that’s just a sorry excuse to not chase our dreams. To not got after what we want. “Man, if only ____ didn’t happen, I could’ve done ____.” I know you know what I’m talking about. So enough with that. No more.
IT’S OKAY TO BE SCARED. TO BE FEARFUL. TO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE DOING.
Here I am – Scared. Fearful. Not knowing exactly what I’m doing.
I technically started this blog almost three months ago. I wrote like 2 posts, but didn’t show or tell anyone, except my husband. And here I am, months later, just now making an effort to launch it. To share it with all of you.
I was all for it when I first started – the idea of sharing my thoughts with whomever wanted to read. Of expressing myself, for myself. But then paralysis hit. I froze. I stepped away from writing for those long months. I wanted to, but something else was stopping me.
Fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of judgement of others. Fear of failing.
What would people think? Would they laugh, think it’s stupid? Would anyone even read what I wanted to share?
I harped on that for all of this dang time. And then July came… along with a sense of courage that I didn’t necessarily recognize. I set an intention to launch my blog, and there was something about writing that intention down that re-lit the fire underneath me. Of course, those fears were/are still here, but the passion burns brighter.
If no one reads this, that’s fine. If those that do read it, find it pointless, well that’s perfectly fine too. This is for me. And for the ones that may actually find it worthwhile – this is for you too.
This blog isn’t directed solely towards one thing. It will feature a little bit of everything.
Lifestyle. Health. Food. Self-Love. Travel. Nutrition… Daily Doses of [a] Ginger. (pun intended)
With that said… Welcome to A Daily Dose of Ginger!
I’m keeping this post sort and sweet. And I’ll just end it by saying – Thank You.
Thank you to those that are taking time out of their day to read this – I truly appreciate you. Thank you to those that encouraged me and pushed me to take the leap. And thank you to the ones that didn’t believe in me – you, too, helped get me to where I am right now.
If you’re teetering on the thought of chasing that goal or dream that you’ve been sitting on for awhile, this is my dearest encouragement to you… TAKE THE LEAP. Take that next step forward. Pull the trigger and go for it. There’s no better time than right now. Yes, it may be scary, and you may not have all of the pieces put together, but that is the beauty of it. You will figure it out along the way. No, it won’t be easy. No, it won’t be handed to you wrapped nicely with a pretty bow. It is going to take hard work. And you may fall time and time again. But you will also get right back up and carry on. You will succeed. And you will find yourself and everything that you’re made of along the way. Don’t give up beautiful people. I believe in you.