Courage Over Fear

Greetings and thank you to everyone who has supported my blog thus far. Whether you took the time to read, comment, text, share or check out my Instagram page. I sincerely appreciate you!

For February, I challenged myself to post three times a week. I have fulfilled that goal in addition to learning and developing my skill set. It has not been easy. There were moments I wanted to sleep in late or go to bed early, but I knew that I couldn’t go back on my word. Sacrifice is key to investing in your craft. If I don’t put in the work, who will? Before this, I cannot say I had experience managing a website, producing content for social media presence, gathering visuals, or editing. I just had my love for writing.

Now, I can set colors, play with fonts, add images and connect variations of media. Some nights I stayed up playing with different themes to capture my vision. I changed it a few times and probably will again in the future. I even kept a journal to document ideas each step of the way. Frequently, I contacted customer service to help walk me through tutorials. I grew frustrated when I couldn’t get the header to match the energy of what RAYNE represents.

There were even pockets of self-doubt and negative self-talk. While writing, I struggled with whether I should send out my blog link to family and friends until it was just right. I wanted to share something that I could be proud of. My perfectionist personality made me feel like what I started with wasn’t good enough. I even asked friends not to share my Instagram page or posts because fear continued to ensue. How ironic!

I remembered speaking with a close relative, who reminded me to start! If I waited until it was perfect, I’d still be waiting. With that in mind, I posted my poetry this past December. I had to overcome the fear of sharing this type of vulnerability. I have been afraid for soo many years to share this piece of me that I held back. Now it has been almost three months! I am very proud of how far I have come.

I enjoy learning and building my blog. It has been overwhelmingly great to read the comments and receive feedback from people I know and those I don’t know personally. I never thought that I would have this kind of impact on others or that they’d be interested in what I had to say. Everyone reading is what is helping me to stay motivated and grounded in this journey. I am humbly grateful. I know now that courage over fear is all I needed to begin.

See you all in March!

Rayne