Look to your past to uncover your future

 


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So I was a pretty successful writer 7 years ago and then I burnt out from most areas of life and I stopped. I had been writing for years and then took a break. Burn out was real and ugly and when people asked if I would ever write again, I just said maybe in time. But it seemed so far away and I couldn’t really get past it. It just seemed like I was smashed and probably wouldn’t write again. 

A few years ago, I even took down my ebooks and paperback from the online stores such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble etc. It was sad. Years of work. Just gone with a hit of a button. No history. I wiped my dream chaser blog. I even deleted my Facebook fan page. The only memory of my writing online was on my LinkedIn profile, follow me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-toye-a3267644?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app.

I used to do sixty hours a week writing, bringing up my young children and working part-time. Something had to give and so I stopped. I reached a critical point in my life where I had to relax. That’s hard for someone like me who when my grandparents died I thought I had to make the most of every waking moment. 

So I spent the next six years, six whole years, relaxing and that’s how I discovered crafting, which you can read on my hobbies blog: https://melanietoyeshobbies.blogspot.com/?m=1

I learned the art of patience making miniature homes and I learned how to really try to make my art perfect. I even dabbled in drawing and o just found my art pad and it was really good drawing for someone who claimed they could never draw. 

It wasn’t until I had another chapter change in my life. And I thought, what if I tried writing again? I was a bit scared to be honest. What if I failed? My biggest worry - what if I burn out again? It was hell last time, I never want to experience burn out again. 

So I set boundaries - I was just going to write what I wanted to write. So that meant no writing for companies or businesses. Just write for me. If I had made money and customer conversions from writing for businesses surely I can do this for myself? 

So I started blogging and I thought, why just make one blog about one niche topic when I am a multi-faceted person? So I started with 8 blogs and then I later grew it to 10 and now I have dropped to five. 

 Because really, I want to just write. I want to write how I am feeling, I want to write about my interests and topics in life and I want to write to bring the light to the world. 

Recently, I re-self-published my eBooks. I am pretty excited by that. And now more ideas are flowing for more eBook ideas. 

So where am I going with all this? Sometimes we let go of the past and that includes the achievements and successes. It also means letting go of the expectations and the challenges involved. Sometimes, for whatever reason we let something go because we feel we have to. And maybe we do.

But it’s ok, if you want to invite it in. You have learnt a lesson, for me it was burnout. I learnt I did too much. So I came back and put boundaries in place. And now I can get back to where I was. But that doesn’t seem to mean I know everything. Things change in six years. So I have to do more research and make sure what I am doing is still relevant. 

I wish you all the best of luck taking back your past achievements and bringing them to the present. If you would like to visit my eBooks for sale, check it out here: 

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/melanietoye

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