So .. I've been hanging around, reading articles and looking at very cool pictures and subscribing but not connecting...for a couple of weeks now. Enjoying, but not contributing. Rather defeats the purpose of the site, I guess.
I think that if, when I first came online, I had found a site like Gather, I would have jumped right in with both feet. Back then, I had little social life, few connections and I was hungry for even the most basic of relationships. These days, though, my life is so busy, full, happy, satisfying.... I could go on at length :)...that I'm less inclined to jump into new situations with both feet.
But I do love to write. And to connect, when I have the time and inclination. And so I have decided not to jump in, but at least to dip a toe into the water. I've made it a goal to at least contribute something today.
I considered posting one of the poems or stories that sit unseen in my writing folder. I actually spent some time yesterday, modifying one of them to meet the 2000 word minimum criteria required to enter the Amazon Shorts contest which first brought me here. But then I read the comments some others have written about the voting/judging process and decided that - now that the story is long enough - perhaps I will submit it to a potential publisher instead. Or wait and watch this next month's process and then decide.
Anyway - a little about me, just because
I am a part time teacher (college) and a full time student (university), a mom, a caregiver, and a wannabe writer. Oh, and I'm a buyer for a shop, and a computer consultant - databases mostly, but also computer maintenance and repair.
When I have ~free~ time, which isn't often, I read, write, waste far too much time on Neopets.
For me, the most amazing thing about who I am today is that I am happy. After 20 years of being alone, raising my girls, coping with one crisis after another, and thinking that I would always be alone, I found someone - and this time, I got it right.
I am very spoiled, and I know it.
And I shall shut up now - if you've read this far, thanks for your time.
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I haven't been here very long, but I am on here every day. (My life isn't quite as busy as yours) I love writing, but am very amateur and haven't yet got up the nerve to do much more than interact. Maybe someday. LOL
Guess I am waiting to see if there is a niche for my untrained ramblings. Anyway, POST ON!!
Re: burnout, been there, done that, got the t-shirt!
Now - while I still do a lot (because I have the attention span of a gnat - hence the online name of flit) - I put my time and energy into what works for me, and what I love. And when I start feeling overwhelmed I recognize the signs - or he does.
He is the most wonderful support one could hope for. He believes in me - and when I finally do have my university degree and am a published author, it will be a lot more his doing than mine.
I've got potential - HE is the one that gives me the focus, motivation, and resources so that I might just reach some of it.