Why blogging?
One of my closest friends is an excellent writer. I’ve hesitated to make my blog public because I compared myself to her and other great writers that I know. Which is silly because she is one of my biggest supporters. We often enjoy conversations about smarter and more effective writing. For example, she taught me the appropriate use of ‘her and I’ versus ‘her and me.’ Yes, we are nerdy like that and I wouldn’t change it.
Writing is therapeutic for me. It helps refine my thoughts and keep my memories alive. I have the worst memory. Just ask my husband. Or my coworkers.
Writing also improves my mood. It helps me to reflect and recognize all there is to be grateful for.
Additionally, writing helps me focus and clarify the ideas inside my brain. The best way I can describe it is like having too many internet tabs open at once and trying to decipher the information all at once. Writing frees up my bandwidth and prevents my “browser” from crashing.
I first remember writing in elementary, when my mom forced my brother and me to an after-school writing program. We did not want to go. But I remember enjoying it in the end and having completed a dozen different stories. I wish I could go back and read those stories. I’m sure it would be pure entertainment.
I’ve also journaled off and on over the years. I wish I could say that I write daily but I do not. Life gets in the way and writing gets pushed to the side. But I do make time for it every so often. I always feel content afterwards. And unexplainably relieved.
Professionally I’ve had the opportunity to write for the local newspaper, write white papers and manuals for my work, and in my family have become the go-to for writing resumes and cover letters.
In college, essay assignments were not difficult for me. My biggest frustration is having to meet a certain word count, which forces people to use fluff words, add extra spacing, and insert other meaningless gap-fillers.
I’d argue that writing is critical to everything that we do, both personally and professionally.
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I look forward to blogging many more stories in the future.