Beginning of a new Me

I went back and forth on how I wanted to start my first blog post. I struggled with whether I should start it off by a question, like my freshman English teacher taught me. Even contemplated telling a funny, well embarrassing, story about myself. But after much thought and hitting the delete button a thousand times, I had to ask myself, why?

Why am I writing this blog? Am I writing to gain friends and/followers? Nope. Did I create this blog for others in general? Definitely not. I fabricated this blog for myself, not for others. So, to answer those asking me, “Why are you even doing a blog?”. The answer’s pretty clear. I’m doing this for myself. Something many of you don’t know, nor would I expect anyone to know, is that I absolutely LOVE writing. No one can take that away from me or change my view on expressing myself through text.

Ever since I can remember, I used to write stories and if you know me personally, you may have even read some of these “stories”. Some were comical, some were serious, some were depressing, and some were just straight up stupid. But, there’s one thing they all have in common, they came from my heart. My heart and well being throughout my childhood and adolescence.

As I’m getting older, I’ve noticed that I don’t want to let this passion of mine disappear. Nor do I want my voice to be dead and buried away. I’ve gone through plenty of hard battles and something I have learned from each and every one of those is, no matter how hard others try, no one can take your voice. I can go on and on about having a voice and making sure it’s heard, but for the sake of my time and yours, I’ll end it here, with this thought. When are YOU going to let your voice shine through?