I’m a Writer

Lyle McKeany
5 min readSep 10, 2020
Photo credit: Me

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin*

Today I begin a new journey. In some ways, it’s a familiar journey. I’m officially a writer now. It might sound silly, but it’s important for me to write that down. Both for me to feel as I type it out on my keyboard and for you to read. Sure, it doesn’t pay the bills (yet), but I’m a writer.

It’s a strange thing though, I never particularly liked writing when I was in school. I don’t think I was all that good at it then either. In fact, I’m still not sure if I’m good at it. I often find writing to be the best way for me to process how I feel. My wife, Allison, can attest to this. There have been numerous occasions where I don’t say the right thing or I get stuck in my own head while the rest of the conversation speeds past me and I’m left in the dust trying to figure out what just happened. But then later that day or the next, I sit down at the computer — or go analog with a pen and paper (I know, how primitive of me)— and work through the emotions I felt or express how I wanted to show up better in those moments.

So what the hell are you going to write about?

Great question. In the past, I wrote pieces mainly about business-related topics. Let’s be honest, I wrote them because…

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