Why do you write? What keeps you motivated?
I have been writing for two solid years now and I can't imagine going through a day without writing, my day wouldn't be complete without it. Writing has become my therapy and my outlet. What I find quite interesting is that prior to December 31st 2010, I had never kept a journal or a diary. I wrote only when required to by my school assignments. I knew that I was considered by my professors a very capable thesis writer but I never imagined that I would ever come to love writing simply for the sake of writing and expressing myself. Writing has become a gift to myself, it relaxes me, rids me of my anxieties and de-stresses me just by virtue of filling my computer screen with words and thoughts. Moreover my writing has opened up a whole new world that I didn't know was out there. I have had the ultimate good fortune in making new friends that I treasure, that I would have never met but with writing through the platform of WordPress. My motivation lies in the many benefits that writing affords me and through the relationships that I have developed. I want to stay engaged with myself and the world. That is what writing means to me.
Like me, you write because you MUST
Yes, that’s how we roll.:D
It’s very therapeutic isn’t it. It makes you think and reflect which helps make each day more significant somehow. You do very well keeping it up every day. I am struggling this year – hoping that the bible challenge thing will give me something to say. The wordpress prompts just aren’t doing it for me this year!
I’m lucky in that I’m not training everyday and I don’t have the little ones. My babies are all grown, I just have Jack but I still have more time on my hands. I rely on Plinky.com for my prompts and there are days when it isn’t very inspiring. I look forward to some thoughts on the bible.