first letter

I’ve been trying to get myself to write more for a very long time. With the rise of social media, TikTok and Reels, I feel like I am doing a lot of content consumption instead of content creation. While I do consider that I create at work, I’ve always found a sense of a deep understanding of myself when I wrote purely my thoughts, recollections or simply opinions about this and that.

My last article on the blog was written in 2017 in Romanian language. When I re-read those texts, I’m amazed that it was my fingertips that typed those words out.

Today, I received a message from Oana, sharing a project she has been doing for over a decade now, sharing what she’s grateful about in a daily blog. It felt like a kick in the ass. I can start small, and share every day. It does not have to be poetic, deep, or revolutionary. It can simply be about my life, my experience and my thoughts in a day.

I always thought that a good day is the one where I did something good for my body, something good for my mind and something good for my soul. I know that not all days are good, but I fear if I don’t document my life, even within small paragraphs, I will miss the opportunity to appreciate the good days and learn from the not so good ones. Here’s to letter one, and more to come.

PS: this text has been written and edited without the assistance of AI.