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I Choose My Own Path To Exercise What Control I Can

The choices you make empower or disempower you.

6 min readApr 2, 2025

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A path of planks towards the sun. I choose my own path to exercise what control I can
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I’m realizing I need to spend less and less time on social media.

This creates something of a disconnect for me. As part of marketing my books, Facebook and Instagram are important, useful resources. So, I can’t quit them entirely. But I can choose not to surf them.

One of the bigger challenges of walking the indie-author/authorpreneur path is the non-writing elements. The editing, hiring professionals for copy editing and cover art, the layout, going over the edits from the editor, recording the audiobook, and then sales and marketing. These require multiple hats to be worn and different skills applied.

Why bother? Because that’s part of choosing your path. When you choose what path to take in life, you choose to take control. While that can and will have external, tangible applications, it begins with the internal and intangible.

That’s because the intangibles of you are where you have all the control. Let’s take a closer, more in-depth look into what this is all about.

You’re the only one inside your head, heart, and soul

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Murray "MJ" Blehart
Murray "MJ" Blehart

Written by Murray "MJ" Blehart

I explore mindfulness, positivity, philosophy, & conscious reality creation. I love to help & inspire. Also, I write sci-fi/fantasy. http://mjblehart.com

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