- You Are Not Alone (with Depression & Anxiety)
- Depression Does Not Define You
- What Does Depression Look Like?
- 10 Encouraging Bible Verses to Ease Depression
- Navigating Tough Parenting of Teens: When Your Daughter Wants to Dye Her Hair Blue
- How to Manage Depression and Chronic Pain
- Truths About Depression: Stuff You Don’t Want to Hear
- I Got Punched in the Face This Weekend
- Straight Talk About How to Survive Heartbreaking Grief
- For a Day When You Need Motivation
- Sometimes Grief Comes From Unexpected Places
- For Parents of a Teen Who Had a Near Miss
- 10 Simple Ways to Bring Creativity to Your Life
- A Depression Solution: Speak!
- Q & A with a Therapist about Depression
- 4 Realistic Steps to Motivation When You Are Depressed {Based on Research!)
- 101 Ways to Get in a Good Mood When Depressed
- Is it Okay to Avoid Pain?
- How Can I Serve If I’m Depressed?
- Do You Have Angry Depression?
- A Room Full of Love: Thoughts After a Loved One’s Suicide
- Top 5 Offbeat I’m Depressed and Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now Movies
- What You Need to Know about Postpartum Depression
- Why You Need More Mental Flexibility
- How To Stop Stress Eating
- How to Exercise When You Don’t Feel Like It – 10 Workout Motivation Tips
- A Cure for Panic Attacks: The Potato Chip Method
- Can’t Sleep? Read This at 3:00 AM (When Depression Causes Insomnia)
- Secondary Traumatic Stress: How I Found Healing
- You Were Set Free For a Reason: A Daily Devotion about Freedom in Christ
- If You Write, Please Read This. (Plus, a FREE GIFT for All!)
A Message to All Writers, and a Free Gift for Everyone to Celebrate the end of the Write 31 days series.
A FREE Gift
Every day in October I wrote a blog post for The Hope Toolbox series. (See the whole series here.)
Whether you read one post or 31 posts, I thank you. Thank you for sharing your time with me. Your time is your most valuable asset, and I do not take that gift lightly.
Your comments and feedback are most welcome. What has been most helpful? What topics do you want to read about next?
When you start a project, you never know where God and life might take you. God took me on an unexpected trip to Illinois to visit my mom who is recovering in a nursing home. So, here is where I finished my final write 31 days posts:
Life wasn’t as planned, but The Hope Toolbox series is finished! So many other bloggers encouraged and inspired me, my husband and kids were a huge support, and God gave me words when I thought I had none left.
Enjoy the journey.
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To the Writers
You are so brave.
Do you know how brave you are? Any writer takes a tremendous risk. You take something from inside yourself, something real and typically hidden, and you make it public and known. There is a purity in that.
You risk criticism, but worse, you risk the possibility of being passed over and ignored. What if I spill my guts and no one cares?
In writing groups, I hear comments like, “I don’t care if I have many readers. I just want to write, and it doesn’t matter if people read it or not.”
Quite frankly, my writing friends, I don’t believe you when you say that.
Writers want readers.
If you didn’t want people to read it, you would write it in your journal and stick it in your bedside table. If you are writing a blog or a book, you have a message for sharing.
When I read a writer who says, “I’m writing a blog, and I think only my mom and my husband are reading it. This is hard,” I love that. I try to go and read her blog if I can. I’ll share it if it speaks to me. I applaud her honesty.
Own up to your feelings. Don’t say you don’t care.
You care.
When you admit you care, you risk the hurt. But you can do it!
It’s a risk worth taking.
- You Are Not Alone
- Depression Does Not Define You
- What Does Depression Look Like?
- 10 Encouraging Bible Verses to Ease Depression
- When Your Daughter Wants to Dye Her Hair Blue
- How to Manage Depression and Chronic Pain
- Truths About Depression: Stuff You Don’t Want to Hear
- I Got Punched in the Face This Weekend
- Straight Talk About How to Survive Heartbreaking Grief
- For a Day When You Need Motivation
- Sometimes Grief Comes From Unexpected Places
- For Parents of a Teen Who Had a Near Miss
- 10 Simple Ways to Bring Creativity to Your Life
- A Depression Solution: Speak!
- Q & A with a Therapist about Depression
- Research Shows 4 Keys to Motivation When You Are Depressed
- 101 Ways to Boost Your Mood Immediately
- Is it Okay to Avoid Pain?
- How Can I Serve If I’m Depressed?
- Do You Have Angry Depression?
- A Room Full of Love: Thoughts After a Loved One’s Suicide
- Top 5 Offbeat I’m Depressed and Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now Movies
- What You Need to Know about Postpartum Depression
- Why You Need More Mental Flexibility
- How to Eat Healthy When You Don’t Feel Like It
- How to Exercise When You Don’t Feel Like It
- A Cure for Panic Attacks: The Potato Chip Method
- Can’t Sleep? Read This at 3:00 AM
- Do You Have Secondary Traumatic Stress?
- You Were Set Free For a Reason
- If You Write, Please Read This. (Plus, a FREE GIFT for All!)
Sarah, How exciting you want to start a blog! It’s been the most awesome journey for me. Overwhelming at times, sure, but if this is what God is calling you to do, He will guide you each step of the way. Contact me if I can answers questions for you.
Thank you Sara-
I need to hear things like this as I consider and pray about starting a blog to encourage and equip others to use their unique gifts for God’s glory. I’m feeling pulled to share my unique voice and gifts with the world. Every time I read a post like this one, I feel like this is what I’m supposed to do. I’m in the process of figuring out the nuts and bolts of blogging. I don’t want to just jump in and be in over my head.
Peace,
Sarah
That was the only downfall of being part of the #write31days community – so much negativity. The question remains: to Whom do you look for hope and approval? If you are writing to help people, and you only help one, isn’t that better than not doing a thing? Thank you so much for your honesty. Women need to be equipped to stand firm on what they believe in, to be bold and not ashamed. May I share your post and write about it on my blog today?
Hi Carolyn, Thanks for your comment. Of course, I would be honored if you would share. 🙂
That Hope Toolbox is AWESOME! I have signed on for your affiliate program. Thank you for your encouragement to writers too. The Write 31 Days brought out a whole new dimension to my writing and I am energised to write like i have never been.
Hi Jodi, yeah! So glad you will be sharing the Holy Toolbox. I love your website! You are so talented.
Yes, I guess I say that…I write because I enjoy writing and hope that what I share helps at least ONE person…and I usually say I don’t really care about readers…but truthfully, I DO! Thanks for giving me the “permission” to be truthful! Haven’t read all – or much of you series; but now that the month has been competed…can now READ!!