Ashtyn Nicholson, Period 5

A line that I can relate and connect with is, "Writing is a spiritual practice, a soul-cleansing, deep-dive into the emotions and ideas we might not even be at first aware that we have." It's so true, I have experienced this time and time again after writing in my own personal journal. Nothing is greater than the release you feel once you've written down everything that's been on your mind, or has been bugging you. It's an even greater feeling when, through writing your problems down you find the key answer to solving them; it's like finding that last puzzle piece that you haven't been able to find in who knows how long. I also loved this line, " ..it’s amazing how appealing laundry and dishes become when I’m avoiding saying the thing that needs to be said." This is one of my biggest problems. I have to admit it... Sometimes I do anything and everything I can to just avoid writing all together. Hey, as long as I'm doing something productive, that makes it okay, right? Not really, but my mind always tells me otherwise. Sometimes the mind just wants what it wants. I'm sure almost everyone who has written has gone through this predicament before; I guess that's life. The only thing that you really can do is to just try and push through your unwillingness, and to get something down on paper. If you never try you'll never grow or learn from your writing.