on the power of showing up
note: I wrote this post in April of 2019 (pre-COVID). It's been sitting in my drafts for quite a while, but I think it's time for it to see the light of day. It's been helpful for me to reread over the past few months, especially as I continue to try to make an effort to write, and I hope it can be helpful to you, too. i got an invite to a writers' group a few months ago, and i had never felt like more of a fraud in my life. it had been months, if not years, since i'd felt like a writer. the proverbial well of words in my heart had dried up, it seemed, and i wasn't sure if it was ever coming back. i agreed to go out of a sense of helplessness—i'd identified as a writer ever since i could remember. if i'm not a writer, who am i? i told myself that it was important to show up and act like a writer even when i didn't feel like one, because even though i hadn't been writing, i reassured myself, i still was a writer. but sometimes the words f
Wow. Okay. Wow. I seriously did NOT see that one coming. Uh, wow. Erm. Wow. Yeah. Wow.
ReplyDeleteWow.
*wanders off in dazed shock*
My little sister, my cousin and I watched it on New Year's but didn't catch the whole movie. We were really really hyper though, so that made it even more fun! I liked the first one, and what I've seen of the second one.
ReplyDeleteOh, and in case I missed commenting on the post with your song—amazing! You're really talented!
~ Chy
Ha, I never saw the second one, though I actually did like the first one!!! I much prefer Demi Lovato with those bangs. (:
ReplyDelete~Lily
Uh oh. Now I need to see this movie. :) That song is adorable, and thanks to the 25th anniversary of the Les Miserables musical, I love Nick Jonas. :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely love a good "cotton candy" movie, too... recently, I have been indulging in High School Musical. <3
Oh yeah, and I actually do kinda like Nick J's voice. *nervous giggle*
ReplyDeleteI love that song!! I remember watching Camp Rock 2 when I had cold sores in my eyes and I couldn't even see anything in the competition part! :)
ReplyDeleteActually, that's not too unexpected. I don't know what I wouldn't have expected from you... probably a really intense drama or something :)
Haha! You were the only person who actually got the Monsters Inc./Dr. Quinn comic:) Had you ever noticed that they had the same names before?
ReplyDeleteAh! I don't know how I missed seeing this post!
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I'm not much of a Camp Rock person, but that song was simply the most adorable thing EVER! I loved it so much :D
And thank YOU for all your sweet comments, girl! They definitely make my day happier ;)
~Lauren :)