"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk
it took to blossom."
-Anais Nin

Friday, January 16, 2009

I Write to Write (and apparantly I live to write)

Is there something that is always nagging at you. When you wake up at 2 in the morning or 4? Or when you wake up for the day at 7? And off and on all day every day? I have a nagger. She nags for me to write. I've been a journaler for a long time. I write when I'm down, when I'm up, and when I'm sideways.

And when I don't feel inspired I write things like.... "I don't know what to write!" When I don't write consistantly, The Nag is there telling me I need to. I don't know why. And I'm not writing a novel or anything. I am just more "me" when I do. Also.. if I don't read a book in a long time, I get kind of "un-me" feeling. I don't like being un-meish.

It's probably like my husband when he doesn't climb. Or my friend Kim when she doesn't do her art of sculpting. Or my sister when she doesn't run. But do they wake up thinking about it?

It's in me. It's just in me. So a resolution for the new year is WRITE. Even if I have nothing to say. I will write.. pen to paper..until the nag shuts up. Then, I will just know that I will be writing that day and not have to think about it day and night and night and day.

This is a lot of the reason I am going to be teaching the journal writing class in a week. So I will be forced to participate!

1 comment:

Miss Niss said...

yes i believe writing is IN YOU...and just like you said...you miss it when your not being "apart of it"...just like me and my running, i totally feel incomplete not being able to do that at this point in my life...but i know i'll get back to it soon. you will LOVE your class and your writing will grow and FLOURISH!!!