Two weeks ago, I had decided that I had enough. On Monday, February 15th, I had a conversation with my doctor about why I felt I needed medication for my ADHD. I shared my inability to direct my focus and prioritize certain tasks. I shared how some days I just couldn't work, even though I …
Static. No words. No thoughts. Just static. A constant buzzing, throbbing that echoes, fills my head. My heart is lead, So many things unsaid. My spirit- dead. It’s too loud, Yet all I can do is scream, shout, add to the noise in hopes that something will drown out the static. I’m stuck, eyes trained …
About a week ago, through quarantine boredom, I was mindlessly perusing the internet. You know, as you do. I had been playing the Sims 4, scrolling mindlessly through social media, and then somehow ended up on Storybird.com. I first joined Storybird in middle school for a class assignment, but quickly fell in love with the …
At age 17, I committed to college to study creative writing.
At age 19, I started work on a new novel.
At age 21, I graduated with a minor in Creative Writing and bookshelves lined with writing help books.
And now, I sit at home on my laptop and do all sorts of "productive" things—
except write.
Actually Adulting 