Writing

For me, writing is a therapeutic activity. If I'm feeling stressed, depressed, frustrated, or otherwise unhappy, writing is a way for me to relax and decompress. Writing has always been one of my favorite past times, this is why I majored in English in college and this is why I started this blog in the first place. While many people see writing as a chore, I see it as an outlet. I see it as a way to express myself creatively and do something productive in my free time. As you can tell from reading this blog, I like to write about all sorts of topics. I like to write about politics, I like to write about religion, and I honestly like to write about anything that's on my mind. The reason I titled this blog "A Perk of Insomnia" is that I'm often up late at night, and these are the things that are running through my mind as I'm left to ponder how I see the world as I lay up at night. In school, I actually enjoyed writing and was quite good at it. I received a silver chord upon graduation signifying outstanding grades in all of the various English classes that I took throughout my years in college. I particularly enjoyed the variety of topics that I was given to write papers on throughout school, and I found that I was always happiest when I had something to write about. This is why I've done so much writing on my own in this year. I found that I had an absence of things to write about so I simply created my own topics to write about in this blog. I'm aware that I write briefly and about various very general topics in this blog, which is why I plan on, at some point, going back and adding on to all the topics I've written generally about. The main reason I write so briefly and generally is that I've found that the few loyal readers I have enjoy these type of "beach reads" that I've been churning out. People seem to like brief introspections on these various topics. I don't only write in this blog, I often write longer pieces in Microsoft word, and I go to old fashioned pen and paper when I want to write rough drafts and notes about possible short stories. I'm most at peace when I'm focusing my mind on producing pieces of writing, and I feel good about myself for being productive. Writing is a huge part of my life. It's how I express myself, and how I decompress from the stresses of everyday life. It's the creative outlet that I wouldn't know what to do without. I understand that many people don't like writing, but I'm simply not one of those people.