Surprisingly Okay

When I first heard what our writing assignment would be, I wasn't exactly thrilled. I was happy that we would actually be doing a bit of creative, personal work, I didn't feel very enthusiastic about the topic. I belonged to a number of communities. There was my family, my close friends, my fellow Fencers (competitive sword fighting), the blind, homeschoolers, my band, etc. I didn't know where to begin. I didn't want to write about all of these obscure groups, but I also didn't have much to say about any particular group on its own. Furthermore, I doubted any of these topics would interest anyone. I mean, some of them even bore me! Figuring out what I wanted to write, and feeling like I had something worth putting down on paper had to have been the hardest hurdle I had to make it over with this paper... but I did, and I found to my surprise that I was actually really getting into my topic. I started to feel good about my work, and proud of it. That, I think, was huge for me, and I think my future writing will be better because of it.