Here I go

I've been thinking about doing this for a while now. I used to keep a journal-- I have old diaries filled with girlish thoughts and worries-- crushes, parents, insecurities ... the things that seem like the end of the world when you're 13.

To be honest, I still do keep a journal from time to time. But really, I only write in it when there's something particularly important, joyful, or difficult going on in my life. It doesn't have much in the way of everyday life in it. It's just hard to find time in the day to sit down with a pen and paper.

The irony of this is that I write for a living. It's true-- I sit in front of a word processor most of the day-- but it's structured writing, where I have to choose my words carefully and censor my own thoughts and feelings out. It's not the same as just writing.

So I'm hoping this blog will give me a chance to put all those everyday thoughts and feelings down on "paper." If someone reads it, then great--but this is for me. This is my chance to write uncensored, to put into words what I'm really thinking and feeling.