Why do we write?

One of the things I’ve noticed, attending UWRF for two consecutive years back in 2023 and 2024, was the fact that some of the writers started writing because their lives were hitting rock bottom – either they’re depressed, or they have to channel their trauma or repressed feelings that are bundled up in their mind. And I agree, since I do journaling to process my thoughts and feelings, and it does help.

But then I asked myself: what do I have to go through for me to become an established writer like them? Do I need bad things to happen to me? Obviously, I’m not asking for that. And I know what I’m lacking: consistency in making the time to write.

The fact is that I have the urge to just go back to my blog and just write when life gets a little bit overwhelming. I do read my old posts and sometimes am even shocked at how mature I was hahaha. I have had a blog since high school. This was on my wish list back in high school, when I first learned how to build a website properly: I wanted my own domain for my blog, and I have it. But sadly, I haven’t been using this platform as intended.

I tend to wait for the perfect moment, the perfect time, the perfect story, and the perfect writing to be published. But the thing is: I can just write and publish it regardless of the outcome. I am a writer (I practically write for a living, hahah). I just neglect my blog and wait around for basically nothing – things I made up in my head.

So I want to commit to myself to do a daily prompt and publish a blog every day!