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I think at some point in time, every writer tries to fight her destiny. There’s nothing glamorous about locking yourself up in a room with a notepad or computer and then realizing, when you finally look up an hour or five later, that you still haven’t showered or had anything to eat. Add to this the looming self-contempt when you notice that the sun, which has been shining all day, is beginning to sink and you haven’t so much as stepped out into its light.

But for all the times you look at the computer, over to the window, back at the computer, back to the window, and finally let out a resigned sigh, you know there is a reward waiting if you just do the work. Is it as great a reward as participating in a day in the outside world? Who knows? But the fact that some thoughts just won’t leave you alone is enough to keep driving the inner writer ever outward—scribbling, typing, racing the sun to the end of the day…

I turned to Medium as the canvas for all those things that keep me up at night, the things I wish I could whisper to a friend or shout from the rooftops, the things my inner lion keeps roaring but my mouse-mouth can never seem to eek out. I hope that sharing my thoughts will help other people to find comfort, formulate their own ideas, or be encouraged to keep asking questions. At the very least, I can quiet the lion and get on with my day.