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DO: write something.

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I didn’t always want to be a writer. First it was an astronaut, then archeologist, and then about a hundred other things. But I started keeping a journal in middle school and I never stopped – I have boxes of them stored away, a somewhat haunting record of everything I’ve been through.

It wasn’t until a few years ago that I started to seriously consider writing as a profession, and it was something Charles Bukowski wrote that actually had a huge impact on me. In “Tales of Ordinary Madness,” he wrote that you don’t choose to be a writer, it chooses you. As simple as that may sound, it rang so true… all my life I had been compelled to put my thoughts down on paper and subconsciously I was drawn to it as a profession. It wasn’t a decision that I made, it was a natural evolution that led me to where I am today.

Everyday life tends to create clutter in my head, hundreds of thoughts and emotions swirling around, bumping into each other and the only way to clear my head is put them down on paper. Try it today and see if it works for you too – write something. It doesn’t have to be long, it can be about anything you want – it can even be something you just made up. Write it down – put it on paper, and see how it makes you feel.

“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery–isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”

– Charles Bukowski

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Olivia Fields
12 years ago

I’ll do it. For about seven years I have found myself WANTING to write, DREAMING of writing, and now all the inspiration around has me NEEDING to write. I keep a blog, but it only sits there along with documents of short stories and novels only a quarter full, and poems finished but never revised. I have been constantly waiting for a day “that it feels right” and the day never came. So here’s today. I needed it.
-Livy

Taylor
12 years ago

I love this post so much! I write all of the time in my journal…it is very comforting, and as you go along, you can look back and study your own habits! forsurejadore.blogspot :)

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12 years ago

Writing my thoughts down is my own therapy. Lovely post Julia.

12 years ago

wow, I felt like this post was written about me, or about all writers! Sometimes I absolutely hate writing; it makes me want to pull my hair out! But no matter what, I always come back to it, like natural evolution, and I can”t see myself doing anything other than writing. I wouldn’t be crazy me without it!

KERI KROW
12 years ago

Inspiring thank you! Just recieved a beautiful journal to do just that with!! XOXO

3 years ago

i love this, and that first photo of you!
dig your style, i definitely relate to being compelled to writing down thoughts, all of it and stacks of journals filling my closet. i’ve been told to burn them, but just can’t!

sarah
3 years ago

where did u get those trousers?!? i love ur sense of style both fashion & writing!!!