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Whom Inspires You When You Don’t Feel Inspired?
As we get close to the end of 2019, I look back on whats’s happened this year. Sure, I’ve written work many have found to be impressive. Yet, I’ve spent more time doubting my efforts and mentally as a result I became uninspired. I’m a victim of needing to create meaningful work for myself.
I kept assuming that I didn’t have topics worth writing about. Then, I spent all year to discover that is a damn good lie constantly sold to us.
Eventually, I got myself in a better headspace but that didn’t come without a lot of work. When I think of what pulled me out of this lull, I owe a lot of that to the people whom inspire me.
A few days ago a tweet on Twitter asked “what Black womxn have inspired you and how”. I listed three (there’s more) individuals whom in my opinion are doing great work. When I think about it further, I owe a lot of my support from Black women and femmes. Most of my mentors and individuals whom I admire, which span age, profession, insight, and etc. have been Black women for most of my life — This isn’t shade at anyone else.
Maybe it’s an extension of the fact my mom was a single parent. Or just the fact…
