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davidthegnome

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33. I hope you're right.

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:34 PM

Jan 2014

I will think on that... as I'm not really sure what it would be or what I need to make it happen. I'm about to head off to another night at work - even though my mind and body are screaming at me not to do it, to quit, throw in the towel, wait for something better to come along.... I have to keep this up, have to. I won't get anywhere by giving up, but there are days when I want to, more than I can say.

Perhaps the alternative will present itself, perhaps I will somehow find it. Maybe I'll start submitting things I've written to magazines or news papers, it could be a start. Yet my self doubt is extremely high, it's a struggle for me to share anything I've written because I am my own worst, most nasty critic.

Thank you for the encouragement. I will try to dream that dream, I will try to imagine it.

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