The Post Where I Come Up With An Idea.

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." -- Ben Stein

As a reminder I will tell you again that Tuesdays are going to be all about motivation. The reason behind why we strive to reach seemingly impossible goals. You can see what you want your endgame to be but it's really difficult to get there. This is a huge problem for me in my writing, I know exactly what I want the end to look like but getting there seems to trip me up more often than not.

As an embarrassing example, In the seventh grade I kept a composition notebook convinced I was going to write a novel. I wrote about a princess who had special powers and was going on this journey. Standard stuff for a fourteen year old nerd. Well, I had the whole plot mapped out in my head. I was working on my character and I just got stuck. I ended up having her do some weird floating magic stuff that came out of nowhere and didn't make a bit of sense. I just straight up could not figure out how to get her from where she was to where I wanted her to go. I wanted it to be important and not just filler. I couldn't figure out what I wanted. It also didn't help that my "boyfriend" at the time read it and told me I needed to stop doing crack. Yeah real winner that one. Anyway, I have this huge problem with having a great idea and not being able to put it to paper like I want.

According to my handy dandy devotional I need to create some goals for myself. Some motivation if you will. But first I must ask myself what it is I want for my writing. I have come to discover that I do want to write not only for myself but for others as well. Working in my bookstore I have recognized a bit of a void in-between the adult and teen demographic. Something for the twenty something's, like myself, who aren't ready to commit to anything but are probably a bit to old for the what to do about your'e crush scene and how to deal with entering the big scary world of college. I honestly would love to write for them, for us. So that is a goal I suppose I have just come up with. Look at that guys. IDEAS.

Goal: To be the voice of the twenty something's who are actively in said scary world and have absolutely no idea what they are doing. How to deal with relationships and paying bills and navigating a world of actual adults.

My intentions: I don't really want to bestow advice unto the masses, I mean I am in no place to be telling people how to live their lives. I'm still figuring life out for myself. However, sharing my experiences and the thoughts and wisdom of those who are or have navigated this twenty-something blur is the best way I can think to do it.

How to reach my goal: I honestly have no idea. I'm hoping that this project will help me in figuring that out. I hope that by the end of this year I will have the confidence to put this goal/project thing into action. I suppose I will just take it one day at a time.