Life, Love and the Everyday

Some days I'm happy to go out and see people. Other days I wrestle with my emotions, reasoning my fears with common-sense rather than justify them and stay at home where I'm content and comfortable with everything I already know. On days where my anxiety begs me to call up work and say I'm sick - I gently take it by the hand and say that we'll be ok. We might laugh or cry, but we'll be ok. I have learnt as a writer, we need to be around people and see the best and worst of being human - because if we just lock ourselves away from the world then we won't emphasise with our characters, adapt our views or cultivate and develop our work - and we won't grow as people. This is the pep-talk I am giving myself on this sunny Friday morning on my morning commute to work. And its working. So far. - Sarah x

LIFE There is a saying, 'No matter how you feel. Get up, dress up, show up and never give up'. And I do all that. To be honest though, some days I do it better than others. There are days when I want to just be safe with what I know, somewhere I am confident. And that's at home. Shortly after moving into our new house, I have realised that these days I crave something more of a simpler and quiet life without so much rush and bustle. I am good at hiding - but I have found that if I hide too well and too often, people won't come and find me and while that is good for when I'm smashing out a novel; it can get rather lonely.  So I have started to show my face, getting more comfortable with it - Instagram has been awesome and people have been so encouraging and supportive. Last week I got over my self-consciousness and posted a video of me painting a planter that I'm going to plant strawberries in. It took a couple of tries to get the right angle and the ri