From Actor to Author: Taking Back the Pen of My Life

I used to just act in my life. I wasn’t the director, the writer, or even aware of the script. I played the same scenes over and over—wake up, go to work, react to problems, settle for routine, make no plans, and repeat.

The “flow” I was in? I made it. Then I got stuck in it.

No growth. No vision. No fire. Just movement without momentum.

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— Socrates

But life has a way of waking you up. For me, it took failure. Not a small stumble—but a fall that forced me to face myself. And in that moment, I realized something simple:
I had to stop acting and start writing.

So, I grabbed a pen. Not literally at first, but with intention. I started journaling. Planning. Praying. I began to write a new script—not one based on regret, but one fueled by redemption.

I’m still in the early chapters. It’s messy. Honest. Hopeful. But here’s what I know:
I didn’t get this pen on my own.
I didn’t earn a second chance.
It was only by the grace of God I’m writing today.

Lamentations 3:40 (ESV) – “Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord!”