Hello.
Welcome to my Substack, I’m Maja. This is quite a bit scary, writing out my first post.
I have been procrastinating writing this post for quite some time. Wanting it to be perfect, wanting to find the perfect subject, overthinking every part of it before setting out on this enourmous task that is gonna change my life forever. (yes sarcasm)
I decided, just now, to just start. Start and see where you end up. I imagine writing these posts kind of like writing a cover letter for a job application. It has to be perfect, you need to show the employer exactly who you are and why you’d be absolutely PERFECT for the job. Otherwise everything will be in vain and life will continue being difficult because you didn’t get the job. You weren’t good enough.
These are the thoughts I find circulating in my head.
I recently stumbled upon some Youtube-videos that rallied me into action. “Start a Substack, start writing online, make it a side hustle, you can make millions!” I know I won’t so easily but it inspired me. I never thought about writing online in more bite-sized portions before.
I’ve always wanted to write a book and I’ve always loved writing stories. When I was really small I would write love stories involving myself and various princes in made-up lands. Then when I had to got to write in school I started experimenting with storytelling. I still have a few notable essays I wrote that I remember. One from maybe 5th or 6th grade, and one from 9th. After this I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo to get me started on writing longer stuff but that never got anywhere. I gave up after maybe 9 days or so.
This is why I started my substack. To write because I love it. To write about anythign and everything that I want. And to be able to finish all of the writing I want to do because I won’t be expecting myself to write a 400-page novel.