09.Tools-II-Writing

I started my first diary when I was fifteen.
There had been attempts before, but I never really knew what to write.
And to be honest, trust and I have never been on the best of terms.
Even now, I don’t fully trust — not completely.
Some things just stay with you… they soften, maybe, but they remain.

At that age, I was in a new country — full of stimuli, but lacking in stability.
My family was far away, the boarding school was crowded with voices,
but inside… I was alone.
A subtle kind of loneliness —
the kind you feel when you haven’t yet found a language to tell your own story.

That's how it all started. With a bright red cover and a few misspelled sentences. I was writing irregularly, almost always when I was sick. Joy makes you fly, distracts you, takes you away with it. Pain, on the other hand, lands you. It stops you. It forces you to look at yourself.

Writing did something to me.
Emotions flowed with the words.
My hands moved, and the tension slowly melted.
I felt more intimate with myself —
as if I could finally take myself by the hand.

Then I started writing something else as well: thoughts found in books, sentences I didn't want to forget, dreams. I never reread, but those journals were mine. They guarded my history.

Years later, when I reread a random page, I discovered something surprising: many of the realizations I have today ... I already had then. Only life with the everyday had made me forget them.

This is why writing is a tool. You don't have to be a writer. It is not mandatory to start with clear ideas. All you need is a notebook, a pen, and a pinch of courage.

You can let the thoughts flow as they come, or help yourself with guidance: there are diaries and journals with daily questions or to open when you feel the need.

You can use artificial intelligence , ask it to create a symbolic calendar with questions for each day of the week , or ask it to create questions related to a particular topic to help you explore yourself.

There is no one right way, there is only your way.

Writing is a simple act. But it can become one of the most powerful keys to accessing yourself. Because sometimes all it takes is a word written at the right time to change the way we look at ourselves.

Try it!

What do you have to lose? It can be the beginning of a good adventure.

"Writing is the easiest way to talk without being interrupted."

- Jules Renard

Sources of inspiration:

Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way

Natalie Goldberg - Zen Writing

Rainer Maria Rilke - Letters to a Young Poet

Jules Renard - Diary