Starting Today: My Story

I’ve been wanting to be a writer for 30 years.

I started at a young age, beginning with a single notebook. I would write down what I felt, what was happening around me, my emotions, my thoughts, and everything in between.

When I went to college for Journalism and Mass Communications, my family did not support me. I was told that writing was a dying field or that I didn’t need a college degree to be successful.

I listened to that advice, and I’ve regretted it ever since.

I’ve spent the last 30 years working at any job I could find to keep a roof over my head. I searched for my “niche” in every occupation I worked in, but I never quite found where I belonged.

Today, 30 years later, people are still saying that writing is a dying field. Maybe it is, or maybe it isn’t. But no writer can fully explain why they write. They just do.

For all these years, I have kept my writing creations to myself. That is, until now.

I finally got the negative voices out of my head and stepped outside of my comfort zone. I have now written and published my first two books for the world to read.

Am I scared? Yes, I’m terrified.

Because I, unlike many writers, haven’t spent decades building a visible writing career. I kept my voice hidden. My thoughts to myself. I didn’t allow anyone else to read what I had to say until now.

For years, I followed the path I was told to take. To work traditional jobs to survive.

So, I did.

 From temporary roles, to retail, to the nursing field-I’ve done a little bit of everything.

At the time, it felt like I was searching for something I couldn’t find. Like I was falling behind. But now I understand and appreciate that I was gaining the life experience that would one day shape my voice.

Aside from the many occupations I’ve worked in, I have also studied healing along my journey. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Alternative Medicine, became a Health Coach, a Certified Spiritual Life Coach, and a Certified Intuitive Energy Healer.

Now, I have chosen to use everything I have learned with the knowledge I have gained, and my life experience, to teach others through my writing.

I took the time to build a website and write two books. But I am just beginning.

My goal is to help other women find themselves again. To reconnect with their inner voice. To find balance in their busy lives. To heal from trauma, abuse, and neglect. And to reach the women who have spent their lives putting everyone else first.

The sacrifices we make as women are often unseen.

I know mine were. And I suffered in silence because of it. I am just now stepping outside of my comfort zone and doing the one thing I’ve wanted to do for 30 years.

But it took a moment of looking at myself in the mirror and thinking:

“I have something to say, and I don’t want to die with the music still in me.”

And so, my first book, Starting Today was created.

I am stepping outside of my comfort zone.

I published a book, finally.

I am finally taking the steps to build the website I always wanted.

And now I am finally writing my first blog and introducing myself to all of you.

 And to tell the quiet ones that keep themselves in silence, like I did, that it is never too late to do the thing you love.

 I am almost 50 years old, but I am Starting Today.

Sometimes, all it takes is a single step outside of your comfort zone.

And if you’ve been carrying your inner voice in silence, I hope this reminds you that it’s not too late to be heard.

If my story resonated with you, I want you to know something…

You don’t have to stay where you are.

I created Starting Today for the moments when you feel lost, overwhelmed, or like you’re trying to find your way back to yourself.

When you’re ready to take that first step forward, you can begin your journey below.

Balance With Eve

~Crystal Eve