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WordPress. Posterous. Tumblr. Wattpad. Mibba.
Back
then, those were the first ever sites I joined, thinking I could pursue a
career in writing. Boy was I wrong. The entries weren’t as successful as I had
hoped. Although whey weren’t getting the views I expected, I never gave
up writing. Yes, I eventually had to delete my accounts because they were of no
use but journals were everywhere in my bedroom though. I have a lot of journals
where I write my feelings even if it doesn’t make sense most of the time. I
can’t really say I’m a skilled writer but it’s the only thing I can do apart
from cooking. And by cooking, I mean rice cooking not the dish kind of cooking.
You can pretty much say I’m a useless person.
For
17 years, I’ve been trying to find out what I’m really good at. I tried dancing
but I just looked like a blast-ended skrewt for all it was worth. I tried
singing but people told me to stop. It just wasn’t my forte. I tried volleyball
only to cry out in pain when the ball hit my head. I tried swimming only to
break my nose twice. I tried biking when I was a kid and stopped when I fell
down from the stairs whilst riding it. I tried drawing but still couldn’t make
a straight line even up to now. I tried declamation and oration only to forget
my lines in the middle of my presentations. I tried soccer and made our team
lose. I tried acting but people just laugh at my awkwardness.
I’ve
been trying and failing again and again. One day, I’m really going to find out
what I’m good at. I know that it would take some time but it would be worth it. In the last two summers, I tried kayaking,
golfing and competitive air hockey until my arms were sore. Those were pretty
fun activities but really costly. If I want to pursue any of those, I have to
make money first.
And
since I know I wouldn’t have enough money to continue any of those costly
activities, I resorted to writing. Writing, I believe, is an inexpensive
activity. Although it is inexpensive, what you write is actually priceless
because it takes a lot of guts to write down your feelings and emotions. In
fact, other people prefer to bottle up their feelings because they don’t know
how to express it. I’m blessed that even though I’m not that good in writing, I
know I can channel my feelings into paper.
Writing
actually helps me sort things out. Whenever I feel like my brain is about to
give up, I write down my thoughts to avoid break downs. Most of the time, it
helps. Sometimes, writing down our thoughts and feelings is the only thing we
need to do to move on with things. We could actually do away with weird
cravings or stupid acts just to forget our problems. Aside from it being
effective yet inexpensive, writing can actually improve our language skills.
So tell me, what
are you good and not good at?
"You have to let yourself do stuff you’re not good at. Don’t get hung up on what other people think about what you’re doing. Dare to be a sucky skateboarder or a lousy video editor or a completely crappy golfer. If we do only the stuffs we’re good at, we never learn anything new. Think of all the great possibilities in life that pass by because we’re too chicken to explore them and risk looking like a loser. Screw the haters who have nothing better to do than make fun of people who are brave enough to put themselves out there. Get out of your comfort zone and go for it. You never know unless you try."
And
while we’re at it, I think I have to get back to dancing…
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