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When is the last time you put yourself out there? I mean really took a risk? Approached someone to strike up a conversation? Filled out that job application? Written that bold article that just laid it all out there?
With writing, as with all other things in our lives, risk can often mean opportunity. We weigh the pros and cons and try to decide if it is really worth the risk. Then, if we are brave enough, we leap…and hope to catch flight.
Recently, as many of you know, I became single again for the first time in a very long time. Like, over a decade kind of a long time. It’s really scary. I look in the mirror and that face looking back at me looks nothing like it did the last time I was single. Neither does my body. And the people paying attention to me have certainly changed. They are older and for whatever reason, they intimidate the hell out of me.
I tackled this topic in a recent writing piece that was also taking a risk. Medium has presented its writers with an opportunity to enter a HUGE contest. The monetary wins are significant. Totalling 100K! Now, I don’t know about you, but that kind of money would be life-changing for me. In one single swoop I could wipe out 3 decades of a college debt that has been holding me back financially in every way. Crippling debt. Debt that rises like a giant obstacle to keep me from home ownership and keep me in this lower class of income that I struggle to get out of.
Can you relate to that kind of pressure? Then perhaps you know, taking risks is the only way I can see out of this.
So, I wrote the piece, as personal and scary as it was to put myself out there like that, and I entered the contest. Would you be so kind as to take a look at it? Maybe leave a nice comment or share it for me? I’d love to have your support as I try to get back in the game of living this single life and living this writer’s life. And honestly, both are scary as hell.
But I am doing it. I am really doing it.
Here’s the link:
Thanks so much for your support. I welcome you to leave a comment here and share with my readers about a risk you’ve taken lately. It helps sometimes to put your intentions out there!
I wish you all the best,
Christina