Will to Write

What should someone do if the stress just doesn’t stop? While friends are there to support
each other, sometimes schedules overlap, and obstacles prevent the support from being
everlasting. When no one else is there to lift you up, you have to be able to lift yourself. In my
own experience, and my friends’ as well, writing things down aids in simplifying the most
complex of feelings. While I am more of the artistic type, I do like to dabble in a bit of creative
writing and using words to express feelings that may seem like a tangled ball of chains. Writing
is extremely versatile. That is something that I love just as much as I do art. It can be used to just
write out a list of assignments to be done or a schedule for a specifically hectic week. Or, for the
more emotionally-dense times in one’s life, it can aid with processing breakups or work
frustrations. Even when used for more subjective experiences, the words could make up a simple
series of events interjected with emotional expression or threaded and carefully crafted poems. In
terms of privacy, the content of the writing can be so symbolic and vague that only you or the
small sample of viewers could understand, rendering the words a “jumble” to any strangers. Or
for a wider received message, common words can be used to garner unity in hard times. Within
this specific instance, I wanted to do a creative narrative about my struggles with eating and how
it affects my moral view of myself. Without saying so, some may not know that this is the
meaning of the narrative I wrote. For those going through similar experiences, they may catch it
right away or never do. Personal writing can only make sense to me or to others, which is why it
brings me peace. I get to make sense of the world how I choose when choice can feel limited in
terms of due dates or lecture times.

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