I didn’t really know where to start writing with this blog. So I will just jump right in. What makes me a weirdo and not you? Well, nothing. Using the word weirdo can be used in so many ways. It’s used to demean and bully. But, it also is used humorously. I think I have lived through many versions of the word.

The thing is in thinking, I am a weirdo and you are not, is incorrect. Truly, I am no more of a weirdo than any other average person. It took me many years, decades even to realize this.

I’m sure anyone who ever reads this will have been called a weirdo at some point in their life or felt like one.

Growing up some kids may have thought I was a weirdo because I looked different than them, I wasn’t as rich as other families or my parents were divorced so we lived differently. I think that feeling starts when we are growing up. Insecurities? Maybe. Maybe it’s others thoughts being put upon us and we haven’t built a stable foundation of our being yet to feel other than what people tell us we are.

It also comes later in life when you make choices that others don’t understand. A relationship ends and suddenly it ended because one of you was a weirdo.

A guy on Wall Street quits his high powered job. Leaves the bustling city and penthouse apartment to go open a yoga studio? What? Why? Only a weirdo would do that!! (They say).

You dress very eclectically. You are introverted. You never got married. You married too many times. Your family is different than mine. WEIRDO!

You get the picture. Anyone can be a weirdo. It is in the eye of what others put upon us. I am not talking about people in cults, extremists, criminals or the like.

I’ve learned to embrace being a weirdo. Not fitting into everyone’s idea of what we should be. It took me a long time to be comfortable with this, but it is better late than never.

That all said we are all the same yet unique.

I am starting a new journey in life. I have lived through so much good, great, horrific and everything in between. I want to share this journey. I am tired of holding on to burdens. I want to live authentically.

Come with me on this journey. I’m sure the things I share will resonate with some people. Maybe some will have a better understanding of what they see or think. We don’t have to agree. I will make mistakes, it’s a given to learning and growth. I will fall as I have in the past. But, one thing is for sure…I will get up again and keep going.

I am not a professional writer. I apologize in advance. But, I am authentic. I hope through this blog that I can grow and learn. I can release burdens. Find my way to where I should be going. I will share things that some of you will never go through and not understand. And I will talk about common observations.

I promise it will have moments of humor as you can’t take everything so seriously. It will have joy, tears and serious moments as well.

My next post will share a bit about where I am at in life and the changes I am striving to make. How I got here and where I want to go.