Everyone who has a blog has clearly been interested in creating one before creating one. Growing up I was interested in writing although writing never was my strong suit, it was one of my favorite subjects. At a point in my life i wanted to start my diary, tried it loved it lost interest, left it alone for a long period of my life. I moved to Austin, Texas when i was 20 years old. I had just embarked on this new journey to back my self - began journaling i was consistent until i wasn't. Starting a blog, writing a book was always something i wanted to do. There was something about my words, something in my heart and soul that wants others to encounter them and be moved by the words that are only coming from one place, my soul.
Fast forward almost five years. Here i am sitting at my youngest daughters hospital bed side. Thankfully she is doing good, improving steadily. Over a month ago i shared something with one of my best friends, my accountability partner and my co-host for our podcast "Grow and Glow". What i shared with her was something i never said out loud and that was ' i want to start a blog' and she being the encouraging woman she is, she told me to go for it. It literally took me over a month to sit down and type out this first post. I'll talk a little more about why later on in this posting.
Before continuing, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kimberly Monique. I am a business woman full of love, faith, mistakes, hopefulness. A mother of two wonderful little girls - a guardian to my younger brother and my husbands younger cousin. So it feels like we have 4 kids. I have a loving husband who no matter what my endeavor, is fully supportive of them all.
I, along with others- have struggled with the thoughts of 'what if i'm not good enough?' 'what if no one likes what i have to say ?' But i have been working on those limiting beliefs and have replaced those negative 'what ifs' with positive ones. For example: 'what if i am good enough ?' 'what if many people like what i have to say and it touches someone's heart?' These limiting beliefs are what has taken me so long to make this blog. I started typing out this blog over a month a go now. Life just gets so busy with the kids and everything in between.
I have been thinking about this day (launching this new platform) for a long time. So many emotions and thoughts come up, but the main one I feel is excitement. Excitement for everything that is to come, excited to just do something I have ALWAYS wanted to do. Today the limiting beliefs will not hold me back anymore. I will not hold myself back. I don't want to think back when i am older and say "man i should have simply started that blog."
Today i am taking the leap. I may fall and land on something soft. I might fall and fall hard. Or I could take the leap and fly.
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