It occurred to me a few weeks ago that, as a writer, I really don’t write anymore. That is, I don’t write for myself. I can count on one hand how many times I’ve written for creative pleasure in the past 5 years. And that makes me sad.

What’s even more alarming is that beyond not writing for funsies, I rarely write in “my voice” these days. As a copywriter, I’m always writing from the perspective of the company, the CEO, the coach, the agent, the broker, and so on. Of course, I love it (and damn good at it), but I got to thinking, “Do I even remember how to write in my voice?”

I know that might sound crazy, but if you think about it, we all experience a sort of existential crisis at some point in our lives. For example, when we graduate from high school, get married, have our first baby, get divorced, the kids move out or experience sudden job loss. All these circumstances force one to become shockingly self-aware, wondering, “Ok, but seriously, who am I?“

Ok, so mine isn’t so dramatic. But as someone who found incredible joy in writing and turned it into a career, you must admit it’s pretty jarring that this writer never writes for fun or in her own voice anymore.

Omg and I wrote that in the third person. Haaalp!

Anyways, so here we are, a simple blog design because I know how obsessive I get messing around with colors and plugins (my way of kidding myself that I’m working when I’m really just procrastinating).

So hey. I’m Lydia.