Writing

Writing helps me in just about any situation. There is something about pen and paper that helps me temporarily relieve or strengthen whatever I'm feeling at the time. There's been a lot of stuff on my mind lately, so naturally I've had the urge to write, but I haven't found the inspiration to put what's been on my mind on paper. When times like this come along, I get frustrated. Wanting to write but not being able to is the most frustrating thing in the world.

I have people tell me all the time that I need to wait for the inspiration to come, that it's going to come when I least expect it. I believe that, but sometimes it doesn't come soon enough. And when a week like this comes along where I'm thinking about a whole heck of a lot, I can't afford to wait because everything builds on my brain. So I went looking for something to kick start my brain. I saw that one of my friends had posted on their blog part of a "30 day letter challenge." Now, I epically failed at the 30 day blog challenge, because I hit a road block where I had nothing to say on a topic, so I was kind of leary of the letter challenge. But I Googled it anyway (Google has the answers to everything!) and found this: http://tumblring.net/tumblr-30-day-letter-challenge/

So that's what I'm going to do. Write. But not all of these, and not necessarily one a day, every day. But it's something for me to go to. What I write may end up here. It may not. We'll see what happens.

But for now, my journal and a pen are calling my name.