I don't know where the time went? Well.. that's not exactly true. It's been a good while since I wrote anything on my blog, but a lot of life has happened to me also. I have all intention to re-commit myself to this blog. But today I'm taking a break from my magazine Ujima that I launched back in September. I have worked hard to get an issue out each month. I'm proud to say I'm working on my February issue. It's been a fun but a stressful ride at times.One thing I have dealt with is the fast turn my life has taken and how I try hard to remain quiet and unnoticed. The reason this is a struggle is because I'm a shy person by nature. I have had to learn to talk up and be noticed somewhat in my past job as a caseworker and now as a magazine publisher. My husband and I always laugh because it's sort of funny for me to choose a new career owning a magazine when I don't like to be in any type of "spotlight" per se. I like to be in the background. I have managed to stay in the background so far, but the magazine has received such a good reaction from my community, it may be hard for me to continue my "mask writer" image as my husband calls it. But I'm still very scared of the reaction and good, positive comments I have received about the magazine. My expectations were I would produce this magazine each month and people would read it but no one would want to be apart of it. Why? I don't know, I didn't know what to expect. I pray every day that God doesn't take it away from me. When people say nice things, I freeze but I'm proud of my work and I'm glad people in my community is interested because I'm doing it for my community. It's a Black magazine for my black community. It shows our positive images and all the wonderful things we do. So, I know I got to just go with the flow but it's hard for me.
I'm happy to be able to do something I love; write and interact with people in our community. I love speaking to people and learning something from them. I love bringing out stories of people in my community that are doing positive, good things that sometimes go unnoticed. I don't want them to go unnoticed because so far the people that have been involved are making a difference in people's lives. This is what it's all about. So, if you are thinking about living your dream, work on a plan to do it. We all can contribute something positive to our communities no matter where we live. I plan to remain very low key until things warrant me to be known. Take care world.
Grow and Learn from someone today!
Damita
