About

Heidi Fillingim

Hello, and thank you for reading. This is my first blog. In case you couldn’t tell by the “design.” All posts are based on my own life and inadequacies. My goal with this thing is to write about the ups and downs of life in a real way, without failing to see the humor in the hand we are dealt.

I want to be a professional writer. Always have. For numerous reasons, such as a lack of motivation, depression, limited relevant experience and working full time, this hasn’t happened. Not yet, anyways. Failing is hard. Rejection is hard. But it’s really hard to fail at getting your dream job if you never even try.

So, here I am trying. I’m exposing myself to the internet. It’s bound to get bumpy. How could it not? I’m finally in a place where I’m able to be frank about who I am, where I’ve been and where I want to go.

Writing is a lot like life. Both require several attempts to get it right. Both are a continuous work in progress. And both can lead you to places you never expected.

Everything from depression, anxiety, therapy, living with a chronic auto immune disease, encountering unlucky circumstances, to dysfunctional family life are on the table as possible topics. I’ve tried sighing, screaming into a pillow, and pretending none of it is that big of a deal in the past. Now, I’ve decided to write about it. Truly, what could be more fun than reliving the parts of your life you’d rather forget and sharing those memories with anyone who stumbles upon this site?