Doing Something Out of Character

Have you ever just decided to do something that seems so out of character for you that you almost can’t wrap your mind around it? Something that you are scared of, and wonder what if other people will think you have lost your mind over?

So, I feel like I have lost my mind…

I have always considered myself a bit of a creative person in different ways throughout my life. Sometimes it has been drawing, sometimes it has been painting, it has been photography, I have played with poetry on occasion, and recently I have spent a lot of time learning how to perform sound baths with multiple instruments.

Yeah, I am all over the place..

Lately I have been writing. None of my social circle would expect this kind of thing from me.

I have never considered myself a writer. I have thought, if I were to do it all over again, maybe I would be a journalist. I enjoy journalism, or at least my idealized version of it. I am sure the reality of it would not be anywhere close to what I dream it may be.

I am however an avid fan of science fiction. I really dig it when there is an element of impending doom or horror as well.

Recently, my wife wrote an awesome book entitled Soul Sabbatical: A Journey to Revive the heart. I have watched this process over the course of the last year in awe and inspiration. Her book is about reclaiming your heart from burnout and is driven by her story and experience. It is truly an amazing piece of work.

Through being by her side in this process, we have learned a lot about bringing a story to life from conception to a tangible thing held in your hand. The whole thing has really been amazing to be a small part of and witness.

It does get the juices flowing though…

So, being this intermittent creative that I am, it has me writing. It has me writing in a whole different direction than the rest of my life, which is typically how my creative flow tends to go. Often, I think it is the counterweight to all my “normal” stuff.

I am a business owner, along with my wife we own and operate a couple of different businesses. This would be my “normal” stuff.

I started writing sci-fi stories recently and it is something that can just kind of take over. I get into a creative flow and just go. So, why not try my hand at writing a book.

Did I just say that out loud? What the hell…

I have never written a book before, I can’t say I know much about it, but here I am.

Often I feel like the difference between someone who does and does not is that they just did it. Whatever the thing may be, they jumped into it and took the bull by the horns and did it.

Well, this is me doing that… I think…