I "AM" a writer!

There. I said it. I am a writer. But then again, so are you. And you. And you. And yes, even you! Oh yes. I see you there. Hiding behind your screen, thinking I don't see you but I do. I see you because you are me and I am you. I was the one who always WANTED to be a writer but procrastinated and bemoaned that it would never be. Then, out of the blue, it occurred to me. I AM a writer! Each day, I log onto facebook and post the thoughts that pop into my head. Sometimes they are simply things I have done that day or plan to do and other times they are simple witticisms or sarcasm that seems to drip from my tongue without thought. I also write emails, both personal and professional, which require me to take the thoughts that are rambling around in my brain, form comprehensible sentences of them and send them out into the wide open world of the internet. But I have a secret. One I have kept even from myself. I have already accomplished the one dream I had and never thought I would. I am a published writer.

What's that you say? You haven't seen my work on the bookshelves of your favorite bookstore or online at your favorite ebook store? Well, that's because they are not there. But it doesn't mean I haven't been published. I have. Many times in fact. Over the years, my job has taken me to some pretty interesting positions within the telecommunications world. In those positions, it seems I inevitably find myself in a position of writing. Training manuals. Employee handbooks. Technical updates. The list goes on and on. Most recently, I was selected to write an article for our newsletter at work about a certification program I was selected to go through last year. It was about the course itself but also about my experience. The pro's, the con's and whether or not I would suggest the training program to others and why or why not. I even received an award at work for it. Yay me!

So why am I telling you all of this? It's really quite simple. In life, we tend to do what I have done. We sit and moan and list all of the reasons why we can't do something or why we haven't and see our goals slip further away from us rather than look at them from a more realistic standpoint. If you take a step back and look at the things you want to accomplish most, don't look at all of the things you still need to do to reach that goal, look at all of the things you have already done. Look at how close you are to reaching that goal instead of how far you have to go. I think if you look really close, you will find you are a lot closer to your dreams than you thought...or, as in my case, you have already reached them and have simply not taken the time to appreciate what you have accomplished. So go ahead. Pull that dream out of the corners of your mind, dust it off and look at just how close you are to making it come true. You can thank me later!