The last time I sat down to write one of these was back in September. That was a long time ago and so much has happened in that time. So let me catch y'all up!
First things first, October, I took a much-needed vacation and went and did a thing. I went to Comic Con in NYC. So, I went down with a purpose, I went to not meet the actors that played Mickey and Ian. I went to personally thank these two for setting me up with a perfect way to break back into the writing I so desperately wanted to be doing. Can I just say how humble and down to earth they were??!!?? It was amazing to have personable conversation with someone who then signed the original notebook my first story was written in. I also had Noel Fisher, Mickey. You know the TV persona I am definitely a female embodiment of, look me in the eye and ask me to not stop pursuing this passion? YEAR MADE.
Then I left the campground for the season and started working at a Pub, I am now employed in 3 kitchens. I cannot be mentally stable at all, or I have an end game goal. I have a goal. I am setting myself up so that in 5 years I am paid what I make a month writing. Yup, sitting at home sipping on the ice coffee talking to imaginary characters that live in my head. I will back at the camp in April when they reopen for the season.
Started working in digital marketing for a friend's restaurant. That is a lot of fun and love what I can create with a few strokes of the mouse!
Discovered Gallavich Tumblr, started a microfiction series with weekly Galladrabbles. 100 words to tell a whole story, talk about focused writing...some weeks I run out of words and some weeks I edit for content three times before I have something to post. I have 26 of those to date with 27 on the way this week.
I also joined in on Gallavich Big Bang and wrote my second longer story. Coming to AO3 in Late February and I am very proud of this one! 20,000 plus words all based off of one word.
My AO3 works page is up to 40!! Written over 100,000 words. Took part in Kinktober with a piece that was very personal to me as I dove deeper into the BDSM and how it can help those with mental health issues. I am very close to having my works accessed almost 20,000 times in just a little over a year since I posted my first story.
Got my second, 1st visible tattoo. Going in 3 weeks to finish it and add another meaningful piece to my other arm. Turned 44, celebrated with people that I am lucky to not only call coworkers, but my chosen family.
Had one hell of a Christmas with my little family unit.
And found a new hobby that I want to fully pursue in 2025...ARC reading. So that brings me to my next point.
From the inception of this blog, it has always been about getting back my physical health, weight loss, and while I am not giving up on that...I am shifting my focus. I am not renaming anything, it will always be my road so far, Supernatural will always be my first love. While Shameless is a close second. I am going to limit the number of posts that I have that are weight loss focused. I will be doing them about once every four months, the first one to be on Wednesday and then not again till the end of April. The second update will fall around a very important date for me...10 years in recovery from my ED and Food Addiction...10 FUCKING YEARS!!
What you will see more of is posts in general. Book reviews of things I am reading and what I read is not going to be for everyone. There will be updates on what I am writing. There will be more focused blogs on being a mom to a teen as the baby I used to write about turns 13 in less than six months. I will even be talking more about how building healthy habits are curbing online shopping, scratch off buying, and helping me create something my husband and I have never had in 13 years (14 years in November) of marriage...a savings account.
Diving deeper into a Brat Lifestyle that is literally one of the best things I ever discovered...your girl is Feral AF and loving it! This dynamic also lets me turn everything off and just feel. Yeah, you read that right...I WANT TO FEEL! Stay tuned this year is just getting started!
I am no longer interested in chasing the life I want. To be honest, I am tired. I do not want to run anymore; I want to create. I want to spend time talking about life and what is happening instead of rehashing all the same regurgitated stuff that is just not the focus of what I am doing. It is a byproduct.
Leaving you with this...
I have spent all of my life doing for everyone and it is my turn. I do not have goals; I do not have plans...I have intentions. I have an inner six-year-old that when asked what she wanted to do when she grew up and she said write. From this moment forward everything I do is an intentional action to connect with what is important to heal that inner child and fully put everything into creating that life that will allow me to have a career that I do not want a vacation from.
Till Wednesday!
-Audie
