I found this empty but titled post in my drafts folder as I was contemplating what to post about today, so thought it was an appropriate one to write on. Sometimes I create a title for a post to remind myself of a topic that I might want to write about later. This one has been in the drafts folder for a few years it seems…strange how things can seem to come full circle at times. Or rather, the truth is that everything happens in due time and for a reason that we may or may not ever understand when we are ready for it.
Actually, this week I met a lovely woman who is looking for English tutoring. Honestly, she really does not need help with her English, but she is interested in exploring the world of writing (in English) which I hope that I can help her with. In speaking with her I felt refreshed with my own passion for writing. 🙂
These past couple of weeks have been more centered on getting my business site up and running rather than on my creative writing, but that has paid off as now the site is ready to go and hopefully the clients will start pouring in. Now, I can return to my regularly scheduled writing program. 😛
I have been proud of the fact that I have developed such a habit that at least I have been able to keep up with this blog posting almost daily, which is an accomplishment all in itself. 😛 So, now I will try to balance posting here as well as regular posts on the business site to keep generating an audience there.
Even better, now, I can also go back to working on my own novel as well as my “column” (if I can call it that with only one published article so far…:P ).
By the way, one thing I have noticed since quitting work is that my English skills have actually increased! I am finding more ‘big’ words to explain my thoughts more accurately. Maybe you have noticed in reading my posts…maybe not. I do feel as if my brain has expanded since leaving the limited world of English teaching where I had to simplify my speech to be understood and used the same set of vocabulary even amongst my native-speaking colleagues. Also, I am reading a larger variety of books (more at once as well), which definitely affects what I can then produce. Therefore, there is this new sense of freedom in my writing. 🙂
It feels good, even amongst the stress and chaos of my life lately, to have this expansion in expressing myself by being on the writing wagon again. Who knows where this ride will take me, but if my visualizations and mantras have anything to do with it, you will be seeing my pen name more and more! 😛
~T 😀
