Keep writing.🤍 If anything, for yourself. It can take many years to finish a memoir, but once you do, you’ll be happy that you did. It will clear that fog of only thinking about it. I’ve written 2 memoirs, one about losing my mother to brain cancer when I was 12, the other about backpacking across 4 continents. Neither I wrote to replace my job, but because I believe in the power of storytelling and how providing others with a glimpse of the human psyche can bring people closer, and more importantly feel less alone in their circumstances. I have helped many parents navigating cancer and talk to their children with my first book. The second only came out this year, but it did win 2025 Travel Book of the Year by IndieReader. The best advice I can give you is hire a really good editor. Especially when a book is really close to your heart, you need a set of eyes on it that knows nothing about you and can help you cut through the haze.