A couple days ago I made a post about writing and how it has helped me so much in the past weeks. I'm not sure if I gave a complete explanation of how I did it, so this post is meant to be my extended explanation of the subject.
I began with a blank document and wrote as fast as I could about what I felt. I didn't worry about spelling, grammar, nothing. When I finished I had a very messy document loaded with my emotions. I read through it a few times and fixed any grammatical errors while being careful not to change the core meaning. Then, I opened a separate document and began copying and pasting bits from the first document, to the second. These small pieces I arranged together into a paragraph that flowed and made sense. After I was finished I had a paragraph describing my problem written strait from my heart.
Writing the paragraph allowed me to explain my problem in a way that made me think about things like, why is this happening and why do I feel this way? Most of the time you don't think about that sort of stuff in the heat of the moment. I find myself saying "that's just the way it is". But no, there is reason behind it. Nothing happens by coincidence and through writing, I was able to find the reasons why.
It also changed my perspective. No longer was I looking at it from my point of view, but from a new perspective that allowed me to see in ways that I was blind. All the time I fall into the trap of believing that I can already see everything from my standpoint, but in reality all I can see is one dimension of the three dimensional object.
My words have only given you a tiny drop of what can be discovered through writing. It may seem much too simple to be effective, but believe me when I say it works. Few things in my life have been more helpful than writing in finding meaning during moments of uncertainty
I began with a blank document and wrote as fast as I could about what I felt. I didn't worry about spelling, grammar, nothing. When I finished I had a very messy document loaded with my emotions. I read through it a few times and fixed any grammatical errors while being careful not to change the core meaning. Then, I opened a separate document and began copying and pasting bits from the first document, to the second. These small pieces I arranged together into a paragraph that flowed and made sense. After I was finished I had a paragraph describing my problem written strait from my heart.
Writing the paragraph allowed me to explain my problem in a way that made me think about things like, why is this happening and why do I feel this way? Most of the time you don't think about that sort of stuff in the heat of the moment. I find myself saying "that's just the way it is". But no, there is reason behind it. Nothing happens by coincidence and through writing, I was able to find the reasons why. It also changed my perspective. No longer was I looking at it from my point of view, but from a new perspective that allowed me to see in ways that I was blind. All the time I fall into the trap of believing that I can already see everything from my standpoint, but in reality all I can see is one dimension of the three dimensional object.
My words have only given you a tiny drop of what can be discovered through writing. It may seem much too simple to be effective, but believe me when I say it works. Few things in my life have been more helpful than writing in finding meaning during moments of uncertainty
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