dis-cour-age (verb)
1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.

That’s how I am feeling right now. Discouraged. I often find myself comparing myself to friends who are also writing. One has completely finished writing in six months and one has written about 35,000 words in less than four months. I am very happy for both and a little jealous of both.
I let my life get in the way of writing. I let myself get in the way of writing. It’s very hard for me to share what I am feeling when or while I’m writing especially when it seems no one cares. I kind of dig my own hole and wallow in the pity.
My goal for 2009 is not to allow that too happen. Writing brings me peace and tranquility. It lets me be who I am without judgement.
I am the happiest when I write and love it unconditionally.
So as I try to let the discouragement I feel go, I will know that I am good at what I do and that I will be successful at what I do.
I don’t give up or give in. I give it my all.

Listening to “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime” by Glasvegas