I recently decided that I need to get back to the creative outlets in my life that I used to enjoy before I feel like I lost myself at school. It was a new year resolution that I made. I wanted to get back into writing, reading, drawing, photography, and all of the creative things that let me have a voice without actually speaking things into existence. However, in true Ashley fashion, I didn’t get started on these resolutions until May. Here I am writing my first post, trying to find the direction for my new blog/writing project/outlet.
This blog will be more than just writing and entries, I want to showcase my photography and drawings (once I get that far). I like things organized and done the right way, so I really should be focusing on a “topic” but that’s not really the way my mind works. I’m not always bright and shiny, so my blog will be the same way. I want to be real. I need to open up and find ways to get out of my head. In the words of the greatest ever, ” Don’t keep it all in your head, The only place that you know nobody ever can see, ” Mac Miller (RIP).
I have so many ideas on what to write about but I keep drawing blanks as I get started and stare at the white screen in front of me. Will people care what I have to say? But then it comes to me, that it really shouldn’t matter what they think. This is for me. It’s a journey to a new me, a journey of finding my true self again. Falling back in love with myself and finding the joy in the things that have brought me comfort in the past.
-Ashley Lauren
wondering what’s next. 