Writing is so multi-faceted. It serves so many purposes. For me, it is an outlet of self-expression. I can express more through words than I can through speech. Be it emotions, ideas, information, or just to let my creative juices flow, writing has been a huge part of who I am. It is far easier to express through words on a screen that I was suffering from depression than it would have been through vocalizing those emotions. There’s no guarantee that someone will read what you write. If you want someone to read what you write, there’s ways of getting viewers, but if you don’t, that’s okay too.
I started writing poetry and lyrics when I was 13 years old. My eighth grade english teacher Mrs. Takis was going through a lesson plan that taught us the different ways famous lyricists were actually poets who just wrote their poetry in a different style and vocalized it harmonically to the accompaniment of music. We were given the assignment to replicate the tones of certain artists while applying our experiences and voicings. I fell in love with expressing my emotions through writing. I was a teen going through early puberty, getting hit with one flood of emotions after the other, without knowing how to navigate it at all.
Soon, I learned countless other writing techniques that helped level up my writing abilities. On and off over the next 20 years, I’d come back to writing. It was my safe-place, my comfort zone. It helped me feel like home no matter where I was. It was an escape, a release, and a building block for life as I knew it. Now, I use my writing abilities to help others transform their lives through Self-Care and Self-Love.
