A hello from me

The first of (hopefully) many posts

Opening up my laptop at the beginning of term to a thin layer of dust coating the keyboard, I wonder if anyone can notice I don’t write in my spare time, other than journaling.

I’m currently in the final year of my journalism degree and am trying to make a conscious effort to make steps towards life after uni gulp… such as doing big girl things like posting on LinkedIn and trying to look for work experience (not so successful). It always feels like my peers are so on the ball even when they say they’re not, their version and my version of ‘not having done much’ seems to be quite different.

So, here I am putting myself out there, trying to write and trying not to over think it too much (which seems to be a problem of mine). When I asked my friend Immy how she thinks of things to write on her blog, she told me she doesn’t you just have to start writing. I feel like imposter syndrome is very common for our generation more than any other because we have so much more to compare to. I’m trying to stop that imposter syndrome feeling, it never helps anyone.

I feel as though there’s something quite lovely about someone reading something you’ve written, whenever I’m writing an article for an assignment, I ask my mum to read over it. She always reads every word with such care and gives great feedback, if I ask for it. Even if only one person read whatever this is, I think I would find great satisfaction in that. The inspiration of this post actually came from rewatching the 2009 film ‘Julie & Julia’, the character of Julie begins a cooking blog inspired by the chef Julia Child after feeling a bit lost in life.

Everyone’s inspiration comes from someone else’s inspiration, and what’s wrong with that. I’d been wanting to throw some words onto a screen and make my first post for a while but needed a kick up the rear end (by myself) to do it.