Forever in Wonderland: Follow Your Dreams

I'm trying something new starting today. From now on, I'm going to write for 4 to 6 hours a day (except for on the weekends when I'm going to try and write for an hour or two each day). Writing is my calling, my passion, and the only 100% raw and true way I know how to express myself. It's been a part of my life since I was little bitty--I knew from a very early age that I wanted to be an author when I grew up. While my elementary school classmates dreamed of being ballerinas and astronauts, I wrote constantly, creating short stories (usually about unicorns and fairies) and fantasized about having my books published one day. English classes were always my favorite, and in college I declared my major within the first week. I've always known. Always known that it is my destiny to be a writer. If that sounds cheesy, I can't help it. It's the most honest, sure sensation I've ever felt. But over the years I've constantly found myself distracted and thrown off course. I still write constantly, but my own issues and fears have a way of keeping me from truly dedicated myself to the one thing I love most. It's only been recently that I've admitted this to myself and realized how drastically I've been handicapping my writing career. Just knowing writing is what I want and am meant to do isn't enough. I actually have to DO it. I have to dedicate myself fully to it. And I'm tired of letting my insecurities and fears control my life and control my writing.

I'm posting this to hold myself accountable. To promise myself that now is the time for change. Now is the time to truly pursue my dreams--headfirst and without hesitation. Today marks the day I put my passion first and begin fully pursuing my career as a writer.