It's been a long time coming

Hi there. It has taken me a really long time to get here. I technically set all this up over the summer (2018), after being told that my writing was good and could be a great opportunity for me to speak my mind in a way only writing can do. In a way only I can, my own unique voice to tell my own story. One random day over the summer, my uncle Nick and I had one of those talks that go on forever, but where you actually have an educated and meaningful conversation. After discussing an array of topics from Non-governmental Organizations to gated communities and college applications, we talked about hobbies. He asked me what I liked to do. Though the question caught me off-guard, I was able to tell him that I love to read. He asked me if I've ever written and I had but not in a long time. "Don't sit on a beautiful story that only you can tell simply because you are afraid," is what he said to me.

"But words are things, ad a small drop of ink,falling like dew, upon a thought, produces that which makes thousnads, perhaps millions, think"M George gordon, Lord Byron.

After hearing those words, in that moment I was very inspired. Unfortunately, I let fear get in the way of that ; fear of failure, fear of not being good enough, fear of judgement and fear of disappointing the people who believed in me the most. I got myself into a spiral of these negative thoughts, then I tried to stop myself from thinking about my failure, forgetting that that in itself is a way of thinking about it.I forgot the most important part of telling my story ; it was mine. It only mattered what I thought and not anybody else. Fortunately, almost six months later, this finally clicked into my brain. As I was doing my new year planning, and I came across this quote ; " And suddenly you just know it's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings." Well, I guess the question of why I'm here has been answered. I'd like to tell my story(or at least try), as I share what I like with the rest of the world.