Different

There's a world of difference between people I know and the people I love. That might seem fairly obvious, but there's a small handful of people who support me in more ways than they'll ever realise.

I wouldn't be able to be a freelance writer without them. I'm not even sure I'd be a very successful writer. I reckon I'd go crazy without them. Sam often keeps my feet on the ground when things get messy and I feel like I'm not coping with it all. Cate always tells me that I can do all these mad and crazy things without question. She never stops believing in me.

There are people like Ang and Virgil who just trust what I'm doing. They never question it. Friends who are excited by everything I do and all of the writing I put out there. They just trust that I'm doing the right thing, and that I can do it. That I can write. Sometimes when I'm having a tough day, it's really important for me to hear that.

So when I think about last weekend, when I was sad and felt like I'd been treated badly by an old friend, I think about things and realise it doesn't matter. Because my real friends are the most brilliant people in my life. They believe in me all the time. Even when I don't believe in myself.