Daily Writing Prompt:

Why Do You Blog

Honestly? Right off the top of my head, the first response is always going to be for my sanity. Even when I wasn’t blogging or posting something online, I was writing in one of the many journals I keep. Thankfully, I found a digital journal I downloaded, and that made things easier. There are some days when my hands and fingers just hurt too damn much for me to hold a pen to write in an actual paper journal.

I started writing eons ago to help with the seasonal depression I suffer from. Then, over the past 2 decades or so, when my life really began to spiral, I wrote more and more each day. Sometimes, it’s just a simple check-in with myself to track my mood for the day or the time of that day. Other days had multiple entries because things in my head weren’t tracking with what ws going on in front of my face.

These journals are what got me through some of the most difficult and trying times of my life, and for the longest time I kept them hdden from EVERYBODY! I was afraid if they were found, my partner at that time would somehow be able to use them agaisnt me. I finally got to the point where I didn’t care if they were found, at least then my fears would be made public. And if I needed to sit through an intense therapy session because of them, then someone else would know what I was dealing with.

Also, BECAUSE I write in a journal of some sort every day, I have the words to give the details of my experiences of any given situation. Hence my ability to give you, my followers, a better picture of my life experiences when that is the subject I’m blogging about on any given day. Those journals will be guiding me especially when I tackle the 30 Days of Truth next month, not just my memories which can dim over time.