Week 1.5.feeling scatter brained
Halfway through my second week here on wealthy affiliate and I'm feeling good. My website is in progress and looking quite nice, if I must say so myself. So far, my biggest problem is I've got too many disorganized thoughts floating around. I took the time to write some of these down with a pen and paper at an attempt to settle the chaos, but I still struggle when it comes to creating content. I cannot to solidify an idea/topic before writing, and can't find the freedom with words that I aspire to achieve. I can't stay on topic. Maybe some more drafting will help.
In grade school my reading speed and comprehension skills fell short. I was told I have a math brain and accepted that for what it was. Reading and writing weren't gonna trouble me, I could count well! If anything, I would to be a scientist or astronaut when I grew up. Critical thinking? No Problem. Expressing those thoughts...?? It's funny how our eyes grow older and our skewed perception on the world changes.
My relationship with reading has blossomed since leaving the confines of school; I find it to be a more relaxing when the activity is not being forced into your brain to pass some meaningless test. That's how I felt about it back then, anyways.
Writing was never my strong suit. I dreaded english class, editing and re-writing the same paper for months, perfecting every last character down to the semicolon; I didn't know what to write about, where to start, how to end. Writing a original 8.5x11" page of my own words was an overwhelming thought growing up (and, honestly, the idea still haunts me a bit). Maybe there is still hope though.
Here I am, sitting in the sun on my balcony, without struggle, fluently typed enough words to satisfy my english teachers if they were around. Did it without even crying. Not a single tear. Though the accomplishment is a bit underwhelming, a bit of this everyday couldn't hurt. I could learn to appreciate this typing thing.
I still have my doubts and am not yet certain where my place on the WorldWideWeb is going to be; getting content up will be an uphill battle. The good thing is, I am still freshly inspired, and I want to make the most out of this surge. I know it won't last forever, but if I push far enough, there will be no turning back. I'll post because it's what I do everyday, I'll promote because it is part of my job. I need to post more , get my thoughts together. Writing might be easier than I thought, or maybe I just don't seem to mind it as much as I used to. Either way, I'm thrilled to be getting my online career started. It may take me a bit of time, but it's the only way I know to follow my dreams.
Visuals might be more my speed...
^The only way is up^
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Great story. I often struggled with writing but coming to Wealthy Affiliate was so good for me. I even wrote a training module on how to make our writing readable.
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