“Writing is hard but the liberations outweigh the struggles.”
Creating is liberating and it’s also one of the hardest endeavors. To bring your thoughts to the surface in a way that moves the observer. To wrap a lifetime of a million tiny moving parts into a work of art, unfathomable. We as creators have to learn to pick and choose which part’s worth sharing. The truth is all parts are worth sharing but time is precious and most people don’t have it in them to read every single detail. We must choose. We must nitpick and figure out which will be part of this work and that.
It is possible to write for the rest of our days and still leave this world with more to say. And still, I feel more liberated as a writer than all else. I’ve done jobs well enough. I’ve been loyal to a fault. I’ve shown up to a workplace knowing very well, that wasn’t my calling. And still writing is where I return.
Even with my dedication to writing for 10 years now, I still …read more
