Hard at work editing chapter 14, thinking yes, it is coming along nicely and emailed it to Joy (editor, mentor, writing coach) for her feedback. Well I fell into the old trap that raises its ugly head sometimes. In my endeavour to prove that yes I can write, I try to make it so correct that it reads like a report and I have taken out all of me. I have done this a few times on different chapters which stems from my own insecurities of ‘how can I think I could possibly be a writer and who would read it anyway.’ It amazes me that no matter how far I have come on my journey all the self doubts are under the surface waiting for the opportunity to undermine anything I attempt to do. The human mind is complex and at times my brain ( I think I have one) takes a lot of coaxing to keep it from going back to how I viewed myself in the past. The funny thing is that until Joy pointed it out I was oblivious to the fact of how I had taken a chapter that needed little in the way of editing and completely annihilated it. On my nine hour flight, which is boarding shortly, I will start re-editing this chapter to show who I am as a person.#doitregardless