I've been away from the blog for awhile but not because I've given up on writing. I actually wrote and submitted something. It was like removing the albatross from my neck. In years past, I would always set myself up for failure. I couldn't submit just anywhere. If it wasn't a "prestigious" journal or site, being accepted wouldn't mean anything. Of course I did't think I was good enough to be accepted by an established journal so I put myself between a rock and a hard place because I had an inflated, insecure ego calling the shots. It was easier just to wiggle away. 
   One of my favorite blogs is NPR's On Being. As I was reading it last week, I noticed that they took submissions. I wrote a piece about my journey to trusting my own talent and I submitted it with a poem. It was fun! I've got no anxiety about being accepted. The whole exercise was about believing in myself. It was about keeping things right-sized and packing up my ego-based fears and putting them in a box outside. It worked. I did what I have never allowed myself to do. Now I can go back to writing for fun. The page is a magic carpet ride again.