“I’m Done With Pretending”-Blogger Confesses to Being A Fraud

in confessions, connect by faryl on June 15th, 20102 Comments

Not Really A Liar, Just Inventing Alternate Realities

If I asked you to describe your idea of a “fearless” blogger, what type of person would come to mind?

Someone who feels powerless, paralyzed with fear, and overwhelmed by basic activities that intellectually should not be a problem to achieve?

That’s what I thought.

You read it here first. I’m done with pretending.

I call myself the Fearless Blogger. Yet, if I had to choose one word to sum up the past year of my life, that word would be “afraid”.

That’s not a Fearless Blogger. That’s a fraud.
It’s much easier to admit that to you now – the hardest part had been admitting it to myself.

Now that I’ve come clean, it’s time to turn things around.  It’s time for me to live up to the moniker.

I’m not afraid anymore.
And now I’m ready to share my story.

These past few months have been focused on creating a healthy & balanced life for myself.  In other words, I’m choosing to make creating the life I want a higher priority than creating websites.

Part of this process included learning to accept the debilitating impact of my ADHD and OCD, and how to better manage them.  I choose not to let my diagnoses define me; still, I embrace that they’ve each had an integral influence on my life experience and perspective.

And now I’m ready to share my story, with hope that others like me might connect with it.  We can feel stronger when we know we’re not alone.

Yours Truly,
The Fearless Blogger