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It’s taken me an awful long time to get to this point. To hit POST when my anxious little heart yells, “Don’t do it! I think it’s a trap!”
I’ve known I’m supposed to write for more than a year, but I’ve been too afraid to take the plunge. You’d think someone with a journalism degree would’ve at least entertained the idea before this, but nope! I just picked the major that I thought sounded the least boring. I didn’t know I was prophesying my own destiny or have any idea that I would use my degree this overtly.
It’s been eight years since I was handed that fancy degree onstage, and I’ve never really used it until now. Sure, I’ve maintained a very small-scale recipe blog in my spare time, and I wrote plenty of PR release-sounding professional e-mails when I worked in HR. But I’ve never really written. Not like this. Not anything particularly meaningful. Not for an audience. Only for myself.
As soon as I realized that writing might, indeed, be (shockingly!) something I’m called to do, an instant laundry list of all the reasons why that just couldn’t be stacked up in my mind.
Why I’m Not Qualified to Do This:
But then, to give myself the courage I desperately needed, I tried to think of any reasons I might be the right person for the job. And I actually came up with some!
Why I Am Qualified to Do This:
Really, when it comes down to it? That last one is all that matters.
Can you relate? I know I can! 😜
Do you have a big dream, a big calling, a big idea that you know you’re supposed to pursue but that you’re totally terrified by? YOU CAN DO THIS!
Sit down and write out all the reasons you shouldn’t. And then write out all the reasons you should.
In his amazing book 101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties (And Let’s Be Honest, Your Thirties Too), Paul Angone challenges: “Who will you not be able to help if you give up now?”
He continues, “Someone out there right now needs your dream, and neither of you know it.”
You never fully know who that person is – who those people are – until you just go for it! And that is why I’m here. Because I don’t stand a chance of knowing until I try. And I don’t want to run the risk of not helping someone if I have something – anything – to offer.
Spoiler alert: We all have something to offer.
If God has called you to do something, he will qualify you regardless of what degree (or lack thereof), employment history (or lack thereof), and resources (or lack thereof) you have.
What are you not doing today that you know you’re supposed to? Give it a try. You are more qualified than you think.
As for me? Here goes nothing! Or something.
Hey! I'm Brianna and I'm a millennial. I'm also a reader, writer, God-lover, introvert, and recovering perfectionist. ☺️ I want to inspire millennials to retain their morality, hope, and faith as they transition into adulthood and full-fledged "adult."
