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Em Crowley

To Begin

Updated: Dec 25, 2021


The first blog post feels awkward.


Is an introductory post necessary? Many would argue not.


THEY'RE HERE TO READ YOUR BLOG POSTS, EMMA. THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE. YOU DON'T NEED TO REMIND THEM.


But... all things deserve a proper introduction, right?


And thus my inner dialogue squabbles on about formalities and how *extra* I seem to often find myself being...


But I digress. Significantly.


Honestly, no one may ever read this. The blog/website/whateveritis isn't even published yet, for goodness sake. But do you ever feel stuck because you can't decide how to start? Happens to me all the time. Often I'm so paralyzed by the fact that I don't know how to begin something that I simply sit and stare at the problem blankly until I zone out entirely. The truth is though, my problem is not that I don't know how to start. I could think of a million ways to start.


But none of them are perfect.


I don't know how to start perfectly. Nobody does. Nothing that has ever been worthwhile has started out perfectly (okay duh yes you can exclude God and everything He's ever done from that definitive statement.) And I have found through almost 21 years of life (and yeah, a bit of counseling) that I have a 'perfection problem'.


I'm sure I'll touch on that many times over throughout my writings but all this to say...


I'm starting. I'm beginning. I'm doing my darndest to get this thing (that I have tried and attempted so many times over the years) off the ground.


And thus, we begin.


Imperfectly.


(But hey, you're not staring at a blank screen!)


With anticipation,

Em




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