Today is the first time I’ve written in months and the first time I’ve logged into Medium in a few years. My very first post on this platform was about me stepping out of the travel blog world to get into a more vulnerable, yet comfortable, mental health and wellness world.
I was terrified. I believed people weren’t going to connect with me if I switched up my content. Conversely, the opposite happened and my fears made a fool out of me. I received more genuine responses from posts when I was most vulnerable.
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Whenever I was scared to hit send on posts that I felt left me feeling exposed, I thought of some advice my brother gave me: You can’t go wrong if you keep it real because people relate to what’s real.
It is now three years later and I moved across the country because I believed I was going to die from comfortability in my hometown. Additionally, I no longer have my blog because I do not resonate with it anymore. I am no longer interested in writing about my travels for the purpose of entertainment. My experiences had become something too sacred to write about. So many layers of myself are being shed but so far my fear of vulnerability still remains.
Growth is a funny thing, isn’t it?
In this present moment I feel like my life is just beginning, yet here I am again.
Hi, my name is Kemi. Nice to meet you…
