As a kid, I had a lot of big feelings.
When you’re little, those emotions can feel tidal - too big to contain, too overwhelming to process.
I remember being told ‘Use your words. If you can express what you’re feeling, it won’t feel as heavy’.
So I did. I wrote. I journaled. I scribbled random thoughts in notebooks, wrote letters to no one & even emails to myself when I got older. Words became my outlet, my therapy, my way of making sense of the world & the chaos inside my head.
And here's the thing: it worked. I started to realize that once I could name an emotion, it didn’t seem so powerful anymore.
Fast forward to today - I'm still doing it.
Whether it’s writing a thank you note or scribbling to do lists or drafting posts like this, the essence is the same. I write to think. To process.
Funny how advice you get as a child sticks with you. Sometimes the simplest words end up shaping who you are.
I still believe in the power of words - they’ve been my constant through all my highs and lows.
It’s how I stay grounded. How I stay me.
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