Self-realization

Now that I have come to realize that I AM a writer, it’s been easier to write.

Somehow, someway, it’s easier.

Why did I not realize this sooner? Because when I look at this realization, it seems obvious. I’ve written most of my life. Not necessarily fiction or poetry, but creative writing is just one aspect of writing, not the end all be all of writing. That, also, may seem obvious.

When I mentioned to my friend a month ago, over lunch, that I was a writer, she was pretty much like, ‘Of course’. Like, she already knew that I was…

Maybe it was just an ah-ha, self-realization moment for me personally.

Why did I realize this sooner? I’ve been writing for much of my life. Mostly journaling, though.

And maybe that’s why I haven’t thought of myself as a writer until this year. I mostly wrote in my journals for my benefit, for processing my inner thoughts, etc. It was just for me. Even though I’ve always been better at expressing myself through the written word, in letters to friends when I was a teenager, to notes to my mom, thank you cards, etc. In tests I took in high school the assessment on my written skills were through the roof…way higher than anything else I was graded on.

So, I’ve accepted it and it’s easier and enjoyable to me, like I’ve found some sort of purpose and hidden calling.

I like that.

I’d love to hear from you. What have you discovered about yourself in the creative realm recently that may have seemed obvious to others, but you’re just now realizing?