h3donist
Well-known member
So since my marriage ended and I've found myself living alone (I'm MUCH happier btw) so I've tried to keep myself busy, though all the activities I've chosen are things that can be done alone (no, not that! I'm talking about photography and travelling 
) In fact last week I ticked off a bucket list item and went to the train station, went to the destination board and using a random number generator app on my phone I chose a platform and boarded whatever train was there! Going places is so much more exciting when you don't actually know where you'll end up
However tonight I'm going to go to something that's making me really nervous, I'm going to a writer's group. I've been told that it's friendly and informal but I'm getting ridiculously jittery about the whole thing - being the only newbie in an established group, perhaps not having the same standard of enunciation and literacy as the others, some of the authors being possessive about their work, knowing that at the end of the day they are all competing to get a publishing contract etc etc...
...but then I remind myself that they were all in the same boat once - they were the newbie stepping into a room full of strangers, and it's in a pub so if they turn out to be horrible I can at least go to the bar and have a drink. So I'm going to push myself out of my comfort zone and go - and hope it was the best decision I've made because at the end of the day that's what life's all about - taking steps into the unknown and testing the limits of what you can achieve.
Who knows, maybe I'll be a famous author one day? If I don't try I'll never know
Wish me luck guys!
) In fact last week I ticked off a bucket list item and went to the train station, went to the destination board and using a random number generator app on my phone I chose a platform and boarded whatever train was there! Going places is so much more exciting when you don't actually know where you'll end up However tonight I'm going to go to something that's making me really nervous, I'm going to a writer's group. I've been told that it's friendly and informal but I'm getting ridiculously jittery about the whole thing - being the only newbie in an established group, perhaps not having the same standard of enunciation and literacy as the others, some of the authors being possessive about their work, knowing that at the end of the day they are all competing to get a publishing contract etc etc...
...but then I remind myself that they were all in the same boat once - they were the newbie stepping into a room full of strangers, and it's in a pub so if they turn out to be horrible I can at least go to the bar and have a drink. So I'm going to push myself out of my comfort zone and go - and hope it was the best decision I've made because at the end of the day that's what life's all about - taking steps into the unknown and testing the limits of what you can achieve.
Who knows, maybe I'll be a famous author one day? If I don't try I'll never know
Wish me luck guys!
