“Something Good” Sunday

I found my creative groove. After spending some time being resentful of the idea that I need to have a large social media presence in order to get my book published, I have gotten fully on board with it. I’ve been working on posting things on all of my accounts each day, to include TikTok and the response has been very positive. Growing a following takes time but I’m enjoying creating things to share. One of my former coworkers who I now consider a friend, she and her daughter watch my TikToks and her daughter, the persnickety teenager that she is, told her mom that she likes my videos about mental health. That’s surprising coming from a teenager, but it’s also encouraging.

I can’t forget why I’m building my platform and that is to get my book in more hands when it’s done. So I have also been working on actually writing it. I finally finished transcribing volume 7 and moved on to volume 8. Teenage Sarah isn’t as insufferable in that volume…yet.

Faye snuggled with me as I worked on it last night.

I’m in a groove in daily life as well. I have gotten accustomed to working from home so that I now feel comfortable with my daily routine. Of course that will change in a few weeks when we move into our new building, but for now, I’m enjoying it. I’m still having to remind myself that I don’t need to wish to have more to do at work because this slow paced job is exactly what I wanted. And I’m making more money at this job than I have at any other job I’ve ever had. So this is a win-win all around.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to work on the video I’m going to post today…

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8 responses

  1. You go girl!!!! Excited for you!!!

    1. Thank you! 😃

  2. Im in a similar position to you. I have a book and want to get it published someday but know I need to be a somewhat ‘marketable commodity’. It ate at me and I hated it. I’m settling into the idea and really enjoying blogging now.

    Im so glad you are finding a groove, that makes it easier. I hope the groove continues. Xx

    1. Thank you so much! It really sucks that we have to work so hard outside of just writing the book, but I guess it is what is. 😃

  3. Good luck with your writing! What is your book about? I enjoyed your post, will drop a follow

    1. I’m so sorry I didn’t respond sooner! WordPress hid your comment for some reason. Thank you for following! My book is going to be about my life and my journey with mental illness. The point of it being that the stigma around mental health needs to end because I’m a real person whose life has value and none of what the stigma says I should be (violent, incapable, less than) is true. My book will feature excerpts from each of the 39 journals I have written in beginning when I was 13. I think they really paint an accurate picture of what I was thinking as I went through all of the mental health issues I’ve had.

  4. If your friend’s teenage daughter likes your videos you must be resonating to a part of themselves that speaks to them!
    That’s awesome 👏

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