20/07/2025
Just for today I will share my writing just for the fun of it ✍🏻
When I was growing up I wanted to be a writer. A novelist with a Bridget Jones-style flat in the centre of London.
That was the game plan.
I even did a Creative Writing MA to develop my craft.
But then everyone told me it was too hard to get into, impossible to get anything published, and even if you did manage it, it wouldn’t pay anything. I listened to authors speaking about their writing processes as if they were dragging up bile from their stomach pits all day and into the night just to get words on the page. It’ll kill all your social life! They said, it’s meant to be painful! I was put off and didn’t have the courage in myself to pursue it. It became a dream I put to one side.
Instead I got depression working in an office job that sucked the soul from my body and then became a yoga teacher, (which I do love) but doesn’t earn me oodles of money.
But then I thought, well maybe I could put some words down on a page without drawing up any bile or sacrificing my social life. So I’ve started (or re-started, it was already there but it was very half-hearted before) a Substack page. It might be great, it might be terrible - but I’ve enjoyed getting these words typed out.
This first post is about my first seven days after my reiki attunements, not drinking, and my opinion on ChatGPT. Big NB! I am very fond of an Oxford comma, I like to write trebles of a thing in one sentence, and I also love an emoji. But I wrote this all by myself ☺️ It’s actually been really refreshing this week just using Instagram to be social rather than thinking about hooks and reels and bells and whistles.
I’ll put a link to it in my stories when it’s published and then in the ‘Substack’ highlight, where you can find my previous half-arsed attempts should you wish ✨ You can read it for free or, if you’d like some meditations and yoga videos to go with it, there’s an option to make a contribution.
Just for today…
▪️ don’t be angry
▪️ don’t be worried
▪️ be thankful
▪️ do your work diligently
▪️ be kind to others
Th Gokai, the five principles of Reiki.
How do you feel today?