Most people who know me, will tell you that I am never short of anything to say and that they are lucky to get a word in. I think Bev is starting to realise this and so is trying her hardest to catch me out. Well I can tell you, I am not a quitter, and no one can make up my mind for me, not that I would admit to it anyway. Re this month’s topic. Well, I nearly changed my mind today, I nearly quit something too. But no, I am determined to push on with what Bev has asked of me.
I spent many hours thinking about when and how I changed my mind about something. In Five hundred words, that would be impossible, where would I start?
I could talk about the times I have quit a job, which I have done so many times, but to me that’s not quitting. I still worked for a living, I just changed jobs. Playing sport, well I never quit playing sport, I just didn’t start it. A bad habit, no, I didn’t quit that either. I still have the same bad habits I have always had.
But what do I write about this month then, I don’t know. I almost quit, worrying about it. I almost changed my mind about writing anything. That would not be me though, I am not a quitter, and I can’t and I won’t, change my mind. So I have written this small story about not quitting or about changing my mind. Which is what Bev wanted me to do. I hope she likes it; I hope it is suitable for what she wants. I like to please people, and I won’t quit doing that either.
Well, I can’t believe I have written all this, I don’t understand a word of what I have been going on about. I doubt anyone else understands what I have been going on about either. But I didn’t quit the idea of writing something and I never changed my mind. I was determined to write this memoir no matter what.
Ranting and raving on as I have writing this, I think it is a memoir that I will remember writing and it tells a lot about me. I always strive to do my best at whatever I do, and if it means writing a load of garbage in other people’s eyes well, that’s me.
I have always confused people with what I say and what I write. Sometimes I confuse myself.
I could just give up writing anything, but I want to keep learning. This is probably the best way to get my message across. Yes, I am different, and I won’t quit that.
Phil.
June 2023