End of the Year

Reflections on December's accomplishments

What a busy month December is! Holidays, work, work holiday parties, family, and (my favorite) writing. Every time I can sit and write, it makes me realize why I want to be writing full time. I really do enjoy it when I can take the time to sit and write.

This past month has been exciting. I have been able to complete two spotlight clips for a non-profit newsletter. I am hoping that one will be printed in Jan and one in Feb. I have a third one I am working on for them as well. These clips allowed me to have my first experience working with an organization to figure out what they want. Putting something together and actually sending it in. Now, that was scary. I had finished the clips. I had read them and reread them so many times, then the time came that I had to send them in. I was so hesitant. I’m not sure why but it was really hard to press the send button. I was good with what I had written, and I was completely open to the fact that I might need to change things to make it what they wanted. And yet I still just didn’t want to press that send button. But I did send it! And you know what? I received such positive feedback! We discussed a couple of things that could be changed, I made the changes and sent in the revised clips. To my surprise they were good to go, no other changes needed to be made. I was astonished, proud, and extremely happy (and so was my family)! Once the clips are published, I am hoping I can start to do some pitches since I will have examples of clips to show. I would really like to be able to do some more content for different non-profits, but it is proving more difficult than I had thought it would be to find organizations that would like the help. I will keep trying though!

I want to keep trying because I love the idea of being able to write from anywhere. Being able to travel and write and meet deadlines seems like a dream. Being able to go home for the holidays without worrying about if I have enough PTO to cover the days. Being able to drive cross country and see the United States, one of my dreams is to see all the national parks in the United States. With writing full-time that is actually a possibility. That would be amazing.

A new year has just begun. I have so much hope for the year to come. I also have some fear and hesitation. Starting new things is not easy, even though I have the fear and the hesitation, I am honestly more hopeful. That hope, as well as the possibility that comes with this new endeavor (and of course, my family) will be able to keep me going. I really am looking forward to what the new year has to offer!

The Learning Continues

By Christina White • December 1, 2024

Nov 2024 The Learning Continues I am getting into the transition now. There has been a lot to learn, and I still have so much more to go. I have had to figure out how to create a website, make a new Facebook account, and reach potential clients. It is a rollercoaster but I am mastering it! As I move forward with this adventure, I find that having a business and writing is what I have been missing for my personal and professional growth. I have found RN2Writer an online resource that is helping me move through this process. Beth Hanes, the primary coach is great so far. I look forward to the online coaching sessions that will be coming up. (They start in Dec.) Going from being a nurse to a business owner is an interesting, rewarding, and terrifying experience. I get to learn not just about how to write articles I want to write but, also get to learn about how a whole different world works, including the many steps needed to get things started a researching all the different options that are out there. Zen Business has been great in helping me start my business. They are an all-in-one place with great customer service. They can take care of all the paperwork needed to start a business, they provide an email address and a webpage that you get to design yourself or use a template they provide. I am also reading so much more now, analyzing how articles are written, what makes an article catch my attention, and what holds my attention. I am reading more blogs, and I am finding that I love the different ways people write theirs. They can be personal and informative a great combination. And webpages, I have been reading webpages for years, but never paid much attention to how they were written. It is a different way of writing as well. Webpages are made to be much more scannable, which I never realized all my life but did a lot of. It’s great how they can make the important things catch your eye, and then you can read more in-depth if you have the time and if you would like to, but you can scan the article and get a good idea of what it is trying to get across. Writing has always been something that has interested me, and to be able to write in so many different ways is something I never even knew was out there for me. I was stuck on the idea that you either wrote for a magazine or web page or your own blog. I had no idea that you could be hired to write for one or all of the different platforms. Such a great way to keep things interesting when writing. I am looking forward to what the next month has to offer me! Talk to you next month! 😊 Christina White RN

New Beginning

By Christina White • November 1, 2024

How I Started to Slowly Get Into Writing