December 28, 2022
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What should in an ideal world define someone as a writer isn't that they publish books, or give talks at literary festivals or wear black, it's that they belong to a distinct group of people who — whenever they are confused or in distress — gain the greatest possible relief from jotting things down.
'Writers' in the true sense are those who scribble — as opposed to drink, exercise or chat — their way out of pain.
The act of writing, especially in a journal or diary, is filled with therapeutic benefits.
So deeply do certain ideas threaten the status quo, even if they ultimately offer us benefits, the mind will ruthlessly 'forget' them in the name of a quiet life.
But our diaries are a forum in which we can raise and then galvanise ourselves into answering the large questions which lie behind the stewardship of our lives: What do I really want?,Should I leave? What do I feel for them?
We may not quite know what we want to say until we've started to write; writing begets more writing.
The first sentence makes the second one clearer.
After a short paragraph that was summoned from apparent air, we start to know where this might be going.