Writing to me is expressive therapy. Not only do I write when homework is involved but I actually enjoy writing and I always have. I like to write to stimulate my mind and paint a picture that will tell the perfect story or describe the type of day that I've had. Its like you can put down anything on that piece of paper or type in on your computer and turn it into anything you want to. Rather “super natural” or “horrific”, or just plain ol going into details about your day. Making every word a picture in your mind with such details or as little as you choose. Painting the picture which ever way you like. “ You can disguise its qualifiers and tentative subjunctives, with ellipses and evasions - with the whole manner of intimating rather than claiming, of alluding rather than stating - but there's no getting around the fact that setting words on paper is the tactic of secret bully, an invasion, an imposition of the writer's sensibility on the readers most private space.” (Didion, Joan) Because I actually enjoy writing I keep a journal and write in it as often as I need to. But for the most part since i'm always busy and press for time I write in my journal at night before bed. I also write about what i've read in the bible and how it relates to me and how it has helped me through my day. I would guess that writing is very theraputic for me. It takes my mind off of whatever. It's also apart of my everyday life for the fact of having social media, being a huge texter, always surfing the web and even emailing. It amazes me at how much writing is apart of our everyday life and how much we use it and depend on it without even noticing.
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