Alright, Confession Time.

I don’t know if I’m really a writer.

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I started this whole thing a year ago with the dream of being a freelance writer, and I still choose to describe myself that way. But honestly… it’s starting to feel like maybe I’m going in a different direction.

Half of my clients are ones with blogs and social media that I write for them. The other half?

Well, I do all kinds of things like building media lists, brainstorming marketing plans, launching outreach campaigns, proofreading documents, and sometimes basic graphic design. This weekend I even got to provide feedback on a boardgame! In the last year, I’ve been binging books on marketing and business like it’s a bag of spicy potato chips (my weakness).

And I actually like it?

Now, I’m still a writer and I always will be — there’s no question about that.

In the last few months though, I’ve realized my skills have evolved a lot more than I expected. My clients have spent time teaching me new skills and pushing me to grow in ways I never would have imagined.

It feels a bit silly to call myself a writer when I write only half the time. My mom even calls me with ideas for articles once in a while. But, I think we’re all a little more complex than we think we are, and that’s kind of…