Working on working on it.

Daily writing prompt

What have you been working on?

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Trying not to feel like an imposter is hard. I’ve been trying to revive my zest for writing and sharing my stories, but when I stop and think about it, I worry that nobody probably cares what I have to say. Someone has probably already thought about what I want to write about, and they’ve probably already written about it. I read through what my fellow bloggers write and you’re brilliant! AND you’ve stuck with it. I started following some of you years ago and you’re STILL AT IT! And here I am writing, stopping, writing, stopping, blah blah blah. Now I want to write again and I’m worried that nobody is going to take me seriously … again. I said in an earlier post that I’m tired of starting over. I guess the best way to stop starting over is to stop stopping.

One of the reasons I’ve stopped before is because I felt like I had nothing to offer. And when I would get good feedback about my writing, I didn’t feel like I deserved it. Maybe someone was just being nice. Maybe they felt sorry for me. Maybe they say that to everyone. But maybe if I feel like this, someone else does, too. Maybe EVERYONE feels like this. What if I’m not alone here? What if something I write encourages someone to keep on going? What if I talk myself out of this because I’m afraid I’m going to fail? What if I keep on going and it turns out great? What if I SHOULD be listening to those who encourage me? What if …..

Wait. I’m supposed to be writing about what I’m working on. So. What am I working on? Believe it or not …. overthinking. I’ve been working on trying not to overthink.

Looks like I have some more work to do.