Why I Need to Write
I love to write. You may know this about me already, and you may not. Most people, within 30 seconds of meeting me, pick up the fact that I love to talk. This is 100% true. However, writing is also something I need to do to function comfortably and happily. So here's me formally stating my love of writing and my desire to get a book published someday.
Someday, meaning at some point in my life. There are countless other things I want to accomplish and see in life. Academically, professionally, personally, socially. It's good to have goals, right? That's how I get from point A to point B (oh wow, Fr. Marcin's homilies really stuck in my head.) Some of these point B's or goals include raising $2,000 for PHCH this year through Dance Marathon, seeing breathtaking views and doing adventurous activities in Australia, and staying close to my friends and family always (shout out to you great people). Some of these objectives are vaguer than others, but you get the idea.
This is why I need to write. I would go so far as to say I'm "passionate" about writing, but more than wanting to do it, I need to. The issue is that I'm also invested in a lot of other things, and while they're equally as important or more important than writing, I tend to let writing slip to the bottom of my priority list, and I don't practice as much as I should or would like to.
I care about a lot of people and try to keep in touch with a ridiculous amount, but I love all of them, so I want to have fun with them and be involved in their lives.
I'm passionate about teaching and taking care of younger people.
I'm invested in my school work and in working my way to an awesome career.
While all these things are spinning through my head, I need a way to keep them all straight and focus on the things I love most. That's where writing comes into play and slides up the priority list a bit.
I've always loved coming up with new ideas based on what I know and experience. People who know me well can attest that I'm not the best storyteller. I'm no Amy Poehler or Vince Vaughn when it comes to captivating listeners through speech. Not at all. Which is actually another reason I need to write. I have a lot to share with people, a lot of ideas and words to convey, but they always come across better when I take the time to craft them on paper.
My friends and family like to tell me that I jump around too much, sometimes starting my tale in the middle or losing my point. They must be right because I actually just moved this entire paragraph up from farther down the page. This way of recounting stories is probably really annoying, and I love my pals even more for listening to me anyway and for laughing at the occasional times my stories are actually funny. So now you see another reason I need to write.
I can arrange my work however I want to, and I don't have to start at the beginning. I can take my sweet time writing, re-writing, altering and adding, and oh, will I do so. Eventually, I'll create an actual story with a beginning, middle, and end that people can understand and, hopefully, enjoy. As long as I form my words into a relevant point that is interesting or meaningful, the time and effort is worth it.
Moments in time become memories when they make an impact on us, when they evoke strong emotion, when they stand out more clearly than other parts of our daily lives. Still, some things memories are just more valuable when they're written down. Better reminisced upon when the story of what a specific person did during a certain moment in time can be read and shared later on. Not everybody wants to write down their feelings or have their ideas preserved forever, but for whatever reason, I find it worth my time to shape my thoughts into stories and save them.
Getting my writing out- in class, in blogs, and hopefully in published books someday- is my favorite way to understand what's in my head, to remember life moments, and to share it all with other people, with anybody who might relate to or appreciate my words.
Why am I telling you all this? Well, if you just read all those reasons why I need to write, you would have realized by now that simply writing these few paragraphs makes me happy and does wonders for my well-being. However, I write in journals all the time, and I generally don't share those pages with anybody. I only select a few parts of my writing to publicize, and I don't do it often. This blog post is a small step toward sharing some of my writing with other people on a daily basis.
A good handful of my family and friends know I like to write, but I don't commonly tell people I want to write novels and get published. Like I said, that's probably because writing books is just one of the cool goals I've been juggling on a plate of equally cool other aspects of my life. What kind of books, you may ask? I'm not sure yet, but probably a memoir-style autobiography or a fictional young adult novel that is loosely based on the lives of my friends and me.
I hope my proclamation for my love of writing hasn't increased your standards for whatever I write next. I do hope, however, that you might have enjoyed my blog enough to click back here sometime, or you could switch over to my new travel blog and get a taste of the more exciting part of my life. Regardless of what you're thinking at this moment, I'm glad you're looking at this page on your screen right now. Thanks for that. And, whether it's for somebody else's eyes or just my own, I'm quite content with any chance to put my education and my passion to use by writing.
Be Excellent.
Jo Jo
Someday, meaning at some point in my life. There are countless other things I want to accomplish and see in life. Academically, professionally, personally, socially. It's good to have goals, right? That's how I get from point A to point B (oh wow, Fr. Marcin's homilies really stuck in my head.) Some of these point B's or goals include raising $2,000 for PHCH this year through Dance Marathon, seeing breathtaking views and doing adventurous activities in Australia, and staying close to my friends and family always (shout out to you great people). Some of these objectives are vaguer than others, but you get the idea.
I care about a lot of people and try to keep in touch with a ridiculous amount, but I love all of them, so I want to have fun with them and be involved in their lives.
I'm passionate about teaching and taking care of younger people.
I'm invested in my school work and in working my way to an awesome career.
While all these things are spinning through my head, I need a way to keep them all straight and focus on the things I love most. That's where writing comes into play and slides up the priority list a bit.
I've always loved coming up with new ideas based on what I know and experience. People who know me well can attest that I'm not the best storyteller. I'm no Amy Poehler or Vince Vaughn when it comes to captivating listeners through speech. Not at all. Which is actually another reason I need to write. I have a lot to share with people, a lot of ideas and words to convey, but they always come across better when I take the time to craft them on paper.
My friends and family like to tell me that I jump around too much, sometimes starting my tale in the middle or losing my point. They must be right because I actually just moved this entire paragraph up from farther down the page. This way of recounting stories is probably really annoying, and I love my pals even more for listening to me anyway and for laughing at the occasional times my stories are actually funny. So now you see another reason I need to write.
I can arrange my work however I want to, and I don't have to start at the beginning. I can take my sweet time writing, re-writing, altering and adding, and oh, will I do so. Eventually, I'll create an actual story with a beginning, middle, and end that people can understand and, hopefully, enjoy. As long as I form my words into a relevant point that is interesting or meaningful, the time and effort is worth it.
Moments in time become memories when they make an impact on us, when they evoke strong emotion, when they stand out more clearly than other parts of our daily lives. Still, some things memories are just more valuable when they're written down. Better reminisced upon when the story of what a specific person did during a certain moment in time can be read and shared later on. Not everybody wants to write down their feelings or have their ideas preserved forever, but for whatever reason, I find it worth my time to shape my thoughts into stories and save them.
Getting my writing out- in class, in blogs, and hopefully in published books someday- is my favorite way to understand what's in my head, to remember life moments, and to share it all with other people, with anybody who might relate to or appreciate my words.
Why am I telling you all this? Well, if you just read all those reasons why I need to write, you would have realized by now that simply writing these few paragraphs makes me happy and does wonders for my well-being. However, I write in journals all the time, and I generally don't share those pages with anybody. I only select a few parts of my writing to publicize, and I don't do it often. This blog post is a small step toward sharing some of my writing with other people on a daily basis.
A good handful of my family and friends know I like to write, but I don't commonly tell people I want to write novels and get published. Like I said, that's probably because writing books is just one of the cool goals I've been juggling on a plate of equally cool other aspects of my life. What kind of books, you may ask? I'm not sure yet, but probably a memoir-style autobiography or a fictional young adult novel that is loosely based on the lives of my friends and me.
I hope my proclamation for my love of writing hasn't increased your standards for whatever I write next. I do hope, however, that you might have enjoyed my blog enough to click back here sometime, or you could switch over to my new travel blog and get a taste of the more exciting part of my life. Regardless of what you're thinking at this moment, I'm glad you're looking at this page on your screen right now. Thanks for that. And, whether it's for somebody else's eyes or just my own, I'm quite content with any chance to put my education and my passion to use by writing.
Be Excellent.
Jo Jo
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