Writing

I've decided lately to keep a couple of daily journals and write down what has been happening day-to-day.  It's a bit boring at times, but I've found that I haven't been thinking about the day's events and stressing out about them because of it.  It's really nice to be able to write about my feelings, and I've decided that actually writing letters to myself (and to others) whenever I have something on my mind really takes a load off of me.  I don't know why I ever really stopped writing, as it was something I did as a kid.  Maybe it was the stress and huge workload of college.

Now that I've started, though, I can't seem to stop.  I've started looking for reasons to write, and one reason is to help others and make friends, which, after the last blog entry, you should all know is a really nice thing for me. I went on a few sites and now I have several e-mail buddies from all over the world.  I'm still of course getting to know them (since it's only been a couple of days), but I hope it will be a good experience for all of us.  Most of them are learning English and need someone to help them, so since I want to teach English and help people, well, why not, right?

I do love to write.  It's almost as fun as reading, which I'll probably write about in my next blog.  It releases a lot of my tension, I've found, and I really hope I keep to it.  And now that I'm recording all my emotions, it's really nice to feel that sort of load off of my back after I've had a bad day.  It's like telling someone without the stress of having made that person's day worse just by dumping all my negativity on them.  Sometimes, I just want to unload, and when I don't have to apologize for it or have to listen to advice that I'm not asking for, I feel so much better when I have it all written down.

Of course, I'm long winded and writing takes a up a lot of time, but I think in the end, it's worth it.