500 DAYS WITH THE DOOR CLOSED

IN AN ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY THE COMMUNICATION DEGREE COLLECTING DUST IN MY AUNT'S BEDROOM & ALSO FLEX A FEW LITERARY DEVICES I LEARNED IN THOSE GOD AWFUL SAN JOSE STATE LECTURE HALLS, I HAVE DECIDED (RATHER SPONTANIOUSLEY) ON STARTING AN OFFICIAL BLOG FOR HELLSEMPTY. NICE TO MEET YOU MY FELLOW HUMAN BEING READING THIS FIRST BLOG POST, MY NAME IS JOSEPH WILLIAMS AND THIS IS "HELLSEMPTY THE BLOG." ADMITEDLY I'M NOT ENTIERELY TOO SURE ON WHAT I'M EVEN GOING TO BE WRITING ON EACH ONE OF THESE INSTALMENTS & BY THE GRACE OF GOD IM NOT TOO PROUD TO ADMIT THAT, EITHER WAY BLAH BLAH BLAH THANKS FOR READING THIS FAR ALONG THE FIRST INSTALLEMT & TAKING SOME INTRIGUE INTO WHAT THE HECK "500 DAYS WITH THE DOOR CLOSED" EVEN MEANS..."500 DAYS WITH THE DOOR CLOSED" I CAME UP WITH THAT CONCEPT LAST SUMMER AS I WAS DOOM SCROLLING THROUGH THE HUSTLE CULTURE SIDE OF "INSTAGRAM REELS", BUT I CAN STILL REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. SOME STERIOD FUELED, OVERLY TATTED, AND UNDERLY LOVED "CONTENT CREATOR" WITH A RING LIGHT AND TRIPOD YELLING AT HIS IPHONE FROM POINT BLANK RANGE IN HIS LOCAL COMMERCIAL GYM TELLING ANY AND EVERYONE WHO DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY SCROLL PAST THE 'VILLAIN ORIGIN STORY' BAIT TO "GO GHOST, DISSAPEAR FOR 6 MONTHS, AND COME BACK UNRECOGNIZABLE." AND ALTHOUGH I WANTED TO JOIN "THE EVERYONE" WHO IMMEDIATELY SCROLLED PAST THE CONTENT, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE I DID NOT. THE TRUTH IS THERE IS TRUTH IN WHAT BRO WAS YELLING ABOUT (PUBLICLY MIGHT I ADD) MORE OFTEN THAN NOT IN ORDER TO FULLY STEP INTO ALL THAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOUR LIFE IT INVOLVES GOING THROUGH THAT OFTEN SKIPPED & OVERLY AVOIDED SEASON OF ISOLATION. THINK ABOUT IT, THE WHOLE PREMISE OF "YOU WASN'T WITH ME SHOOTING IN THE GYM" IS BUILT ON THE FACT THAT YOU WERE IN THE GYM SOLO GETTING SHOTS UP BY YOURSELF. IT'S IN THESE LONG SEASONS "WITH THE DOOR CLOSED" THAT GOD PUTS US THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT PREPARES US FOR THE PROMISE, SO EMBRACE IT. THERES NO NEED TO DRESS IT UP, SKIP STEPS, CUT CORNERS & TRY TO SPEED RUN YOUR "500 DAYS." AFTERALL THERE'S NO FRUIT FOR LABOR YOU DIDN'T PUT IN AND OFTEN TIMES THIS LABOR IS DONE IN THE DARK. MICHAEL B.JORDAN WAS QUOTED BACK IN 2018 DURING THE PRESS TOUR FOR MARVEL'S BLACK PANTHER, "IT'S HARD TO GO TO A CLUB OR PARTY WHEN YOU'RE LIKE 'OH WAIT MEAL PREP I GOTTA GO POP THIS THING IN THE MICROWAVE AND EAT FOOD' IT'S TOUGH TO SOCIALIZE WHEN YOU GOT TO GET INTO SHAPE LIKE THAT." SO DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, TAKE HIS. AFTERALL HIS NAME IS LITERALLY MICHAEL JORDAN I WOULD THINK HE KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT DEDICATION AND WHAT IT TAKES IN BECOMING THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF. SO TO MAKE A LONG STORY LONG, THAT'S THE PREMISE OF "500 DAYS WITH THE DOOR CLOSED"...EMBRACING YOUR SEASON OF ISOLATION AND UNDERSTANDING IT IS JUST THAT, A SEASON. IT IS NOT SOMETHING MEANT TO BE LIVED OUT FOR A LIFETIME, RATHER SOMETHING TO EMBRACE IN THE MEANWHILE. THERE IS BEAUTY IN UNDERSTANDING THAT DAY "501" EXISTS AND IS WAITING TO BE LIVED OUT ONLY AFTER THE "500" HAVE FOUND THEIR COMPLETEION. NOW AS FAR AS ADRESSING THE ORIGIN OF HOW I CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF "HELLSEMPTY"...GOD GAVE IT TO ME. THANKS FOR READING.