Unlock Meaning Through Daily Writing
Writing daily allows me a framework to categorize what is the most meaningful moment I've experienced in the last 24 hours.
Some days, I have to dig deep to find the moment, or series of moments. Because of that, I am finding that I'm making different decisions daily than I used to so that I have an opportunity to find more meaning in my life.
For me, writing daily and clicking Publish gives me a routine to be accountable to myself to notice my life, share what I learn and hopefully after a year, I'll have enough daily material to creatively find a way to publish a book.
I don't have children to pass down what I've learned so that it can live through them. Writing is my way of being motherly to myself, as well as to those that care to read my words, and travel with me through my experiences.
My grandmother passed down a wise saying to me that probably saved my life.
She told me, "Jealousy is insanity on an installment plan," when she was talking about her abusive marriage to my grandfather.
I was once in an abusive relationship, and one afternoon when he went too far, I heard my grandmother's words echo in my head, and I left him in that moment.
Her experience saved me years of heartache and fear. Her words gave me the courage to skip my own version of someone else's fuck around and find out mentality when it came to my life.
Shared stories are often life-changing, and I don't have anyone to pass down to about what I've learned about surviving and thriving.
I used to write on my blog years ago, but for some reason, I stopped.
I think a lot of it had to do with privacy fears, but the yearning to express myself in all the ways God gifted me with became too strong to ignore.
So what do I enjoy most about writing?
Taking my whispers of insights and thoughts and giving them a stable form that lives beyond what happens in my mind.
Capturing my day to day experiences so that I can learn from myself later, and craft something else from those initial impressions into more...maybe a painting, an article or even a piece of jewelry. Who knows?
Writing gives me a chance to see my thoughts and how I think, what needs to be improved and what needs to be tossed away.
It's a way to turn what can't be seen into something that can be shared, discussed, expressed and remembered by others.
Whenever I encounter someone that is not a reader, or has a problem with long-form writing, I share with them the power of the written word.
We can read minds...that's what reading and writing is.
It's a way to connect to others without being in physical proximity, and it surpasses time.
Someone's past moment transcends time and becomes a part of your present moment.
It's a miracle and one that I intend to continue exploring for myself, and maybe for you, too.
Random fact about me: I sleep with an eye mask and it's made a huge difference in clocking my 8 hours.