Do you remember when you were a child? All those times your mother sat there and fed you by spoon to ensure you ate what was on your plate? I had many of those days and as I got older, I noticed a similar theme in my mother's teachings. She would always tell me never to leave anything unfinished. So I didn't. I would finish what was on my plate as well as what was on my daily agenda.
My name is Courtney James and I am a 21 year old recent graduate of The City College of New York with my Bachelors Degree in English along with a minor in Publishing &Journalism and a Concentration in Creative Writing. I was brought up in a West Indian household and though I respect the ideals of my mother wanting me to follow the footsteps of the Kirby women by becoming a nurse, I see my calling for life on a literary path. I love all forms of writing. Stories are what allow me to enjoy life the most. Furthering my education and stepping outside of my boundaries are what allow me to experience life the most. Hence, why I have chosen to focus on a career in the literary world. This blog is just an extension of myself. Here you can see my usual thoughts, interests and loves.
Through this blog, I have been able to find myself in many ways. I used to be the type to listen to what everyone liked or hated before I voiced my own opinions. Call it fear of not "fitting in" but along the way I got tired of being second in what I said. Here, at ~*Forever Coily*~, I will always strive to get my opinion out into the open. There's only one path and because of that I'm going to take what I know best and create a life from it.
I don't know if you have heard the lecture, but it goes like this...in a few words.
I don't know if you have heard the lecture, but it goes like this...in a few words.
"In this day and age we must all have an entrepreneurial state-of-mind. No one is lending out jobs anymore. Now it's the cliched battlefield we're all trying to run from."
I'm trying to nurture this state-of-mind. And it will happen. TINY STEPS!
