I think writing in public has more power than I expected.
I wrote that I started running,
but the truth is, I wasn’t running every day.
I used to write journals just for myself,
and I had done that for years.
But those were private notes,
and no one else could see them.
After I started writing about running
on my WordPress blog,
I began to go outside more often.
It wasn’t because I forced myself.
I didn’t even promise that I would run every day.
I only wrote a few posts about running.
My blog still has very few visitors,
but somehow,
the fact that my words exist in public
makes me want to be a more honest person.
I don’t want my life
to be too different from what I write.
So now,
I think it’s time to post about my embroidery too.
I’m still a beginner,
and my work is not perfect.
But the words I wrote myself
feel like they push me from behind
and pull me forward at the same time.