Hey all. It's been a bit, hasn't it? Sorry my updates have been so scarce; I've had a lot going on over the last few months and honestly haven't felt like sitting down to write anything. That being said, here are the two major things that I feel are worth writing about:
Yesterday I filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. My lawyer assured me that my case looks pretty textbook and everything should go smoothly in the courts. Honestly I was a little scared to do this at first, but after contacting said lawyer at the beginning of last month and talking everything through, he eased my concerns and made me feel not so bad for having to file. Something like 400,000 Americans file for bankruptcy every year, so while I'm not super proud to be part of that statistic, I am happy that I will be getting a fresh start and actually have hope to one day be a home owner, or at leaser someone with good credit, or both. Shit....why not both?
My second tidbit is that yesterday(after the meeting with my lawyer), I sat down to work on a story for the first time in MONTHS. Literally, months. I haven't seriously written anything since November of 2022, and I gotta tell you - it was hard. I think the story has potential, but picking up where I left off on it was tough, mostly because I had to really struggle to find the right voice for the characters again, and if you've ever started and stopped and then re-started a project, you know what I'm talking about.
(actual picture of me trying to write)
I'm really hoping that having a brighter financial future and having the burden of all that debt being eliminated will be the motivation I need to get focused and start regularly writing again. I have a lot of ideas I want to put to paper and I've been plotting a novel for quite a while now, so maybe with a little luck, a lot of gratitude, and some self discipline - I can make those dreams a reality.
That's all for now, folks. Check back soon for another post!
Cheers,
B
Currently Reading: The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
Current Mood: Why am I awake?
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