Why I write a blog
I enjoy writing (I always have) and I often find it a powerful tool to be able to process my own thoughts, insecurities and worries. As a young girl, I used to write letters to my friends and family to make them aware of the way I felt about certain things, and as a teenager this way of expressing myself helped me through some tough times.
I remember having a boyfriend when I was 15 or so and we used to write to each other on most days. I think I still have his letters somewhere at my parents’ house – I would love to get hold of them just to reprocess them and consider what our thoughts, insecurities and worries were back then. Don’t get me wrong, we used to share happy stories too and that was a way of us connecting in a deeper way, a way that is often difficult to achieve through spoken words.
I have been reflecting of what I have learnt about myself of late and one of the things that keeps coming back in my life is the power of writing as a self-reflection tool. Well, for me, anyway…
There is something so powerful about putting things down in writing as it helps us to clarify what we actually mean by it, how we got there and what we might do as a result.
I suppose it’s no surprise that as an introvert and someone who needs to process things internally first, I enjoy this way of expressing myself and have found it useful first and foremost for myself, but also as a mean of helping others – in a very humble way. It comes from a place of deep desire to be helpful I think, to improve myself and my relationships and ultimately live a better life.
I hope that just by sharing my stories, some of the things I say, some of my experiences and the things I go through in my thought-process might resonate with (some) others and help them in their own journey of self-reflection.
So, one of the things that I think I will carry on doing in 2021 (and probably do more of) is exactly that, writing more, in the hope that it’ll help me unpack my own struggle but also as a way to give back.
If you are reading this, happy reading, and if you do write or intend to, enjoy the journey. It’s so powerful I couldn’t recommend it more, just like therapy 😊
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