Reach your dreams by stepping out of the box and putting your feet forward. The doors will then open, and you’ll walk through.
That’s what happened to me. Bob Isbill, former president of High Desert Branch California Writers Club, asked me to chauffeur a blogger who was scheduled to speak at our club. I agreed.
The day I met Bill Belew, my blogging box became uncomfortable. Bill, the blogger who pays his mortgage by blogging, challenged me. I had joined his blogging meetup group, but it was too far for me to attend. Bill said, “Start your own.”
“Start my own?” How would I do that if I didn’t even know what I was doing?
I realized that I must learn by doing. The concept was familiar to me. I’m a Christian and a preacher’s daughter. Though my dad was a great preacher (also a lively one), I learned more about the Bible when I began teaching Bible studies.
The meetup.com/High-Desert-Bloggers group was formed, and I started to learn about blogging. I met with like-minded individuals who also wanted to learn about blogging.
Eventually, I offered group workshops and individual blog coaching. Continuing to grow my personal blogs and helping others to grow theirs, I found that teaching new and intermediate bloggers was fulfilling. I could understand their frustrations of setting up a blog, trying to make sense of WordPress and learning the sections of the dashboard.
Since Bill Belew nudged me to start my own meetup.com group, I’ve become involved with teaching blogging at writing salons, a fun way writers get together to boost their writing skills.
Recently, I’ve stepped further away from my former box of blogging comfort and started a newsletter blog corner. It’s a way that I can share what I’ve learned on my journey of learning to blog. These doors would not have happened, however, had I not been willing to step out of the box and put my feet forward.