Where Have You Been?!

Don't start calling me Scooby-Doo

So What Exactly Have You Been Doing?

It's a safe assumption that owning and creating content for a blog is a lot of work. The audience is all that matters when putting out content. Well, that isn't entirely true. 

I work a typical 9-5 like most folks and it is physically draining me, I don't even want to get started on the mental strain. 

My last post was back in 2013 and at the time I started feeling like my wants and desires had no correlation to my actual needs. 

At the time I had just moved to Atlanta for my new job and it was taking all of my time. Not to mention hanging out with my girlfriend and gaming (not in that particular order).  What's crazy is that I only started my blog because my girlfriend had hers (ReFashion Statement; Awesome blog, I wish she would bring it back). 

I wanted to make something of my own and extend what I know and touch to the outside world. It was the naysayers that made me rethink my ideas. I had a friend actually tell me that I would get over it, that creating a blog was just a phase I was going through. Somehow it got to me and I just quit cold turkey. 

On my 30th Birthday (I hate saying I am 30) I had a serious bout with depression. Thoughts began swirling around in my head about being happy and what it would take for me to get there. I looked at my relationships, then my job, then how I spent/wasted (if you ask my GF) my days. 

My happiest moments were when I was creating stories or acting out made up monologues. I came to the realization that I truly wanted to bring something to the world. Use all this creativity I had built up inside me and make something.  I found a passion for writing stories, in fact I downright love it. 

I was sitting at my desk during lunch and a crazy notion popped up in my head. I decided to check my old blog URL, I thought I deleted the page. To my pleasant surprise it still stood, and an even crazier idea popped up in my head. Why not write a post?

I can say with pure glee and honesty that I am smiling from ear to ear as I write this. I feel a sense of elation with each key stroke.  So screw it, I'm coming back to this and melding a few new ideas within it. 

STAY TUNED for new content and what I have to share. If you like it, that's AMAZING. If you don't, well.... That's okay too. At the end of the day I let my voice be heard and that made me happy.

Do yourself a favor every morning and ask yourself 2 questions. Don't forget to answer them!  I put an example of me practicing what I preach.


1. What Do You Want?!

Forget the critics this was an amazing movie!

I WANT to create something I am proud of.

I know I have a very inventive imagination. I know I am capable of drafting things that are interesting. I know I have a voice and I want to be heard. 


2. What Do You Need?!

I NEED to be able to pay bills and survive.  

I NEED to find my balance, my happy medium.

I know I want to create, so that is what I will do. I read an amazing quote from Jim Carrey that I shared with my little brother. 

It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?