I have always loved to write. I don't remember what my life was like without the ability to write. Writing has always been essential to who I am. It is the way I process my everyday thoughts, the method I use to study for exams, and the most expressive tool I possess. I love writing.

When I was young, I used to keep journals. There are probably hundreds of half filled notebooks kept in the basement of my house. Somedays I would write diary entries, complaining about my annoying sister or writing about my new crush that I met on the playground. Other days there would be stories, random ideas I thought of at whim and needed to express in some form before I forgot them. I've written hundreds of stories, but I've never finished any of them, because I always came up with a new, better idea before I could finish the other one. I have journals that are only filled with lists, fake grocery lists, my class lists from when I would pretend to be a teacher, and lists of my imaginary friends (just in case I forgot who they were). I wrote and wrote and wrote because I had so many thoughts inside of me that I needed to get them out, and writing was my outlet.

Writing has always been therapeutic for me. It's a channel for me to synthesize and formulate the millions of thoughts that occur to me every day. It helps me make sense of the world and myself. I love the way that writing can help me understand a math problem, or figure out why I'm feeling stressed. It is a truly multi-purpose tool, and I use it every single day.

I love the rhythm of writing, the way you can articulate the way your thoughts sound using commas, periods, exclamation points, or all caps. It is amazing that humans have the ability to communicate their inner personal dialogue through a series of marks on a paper. Writing is a communicative tool that connects people in its uniformity. Hundreds of people read my articles, and they know exactly what I mean and exactly how I feel because they have the ability to interpret my intended rhythms through the words and punctuation I've used on the page.

Being a writer is the essence of my being. I love the way it makes me feel, understand, emote, synthesize, analyze, formulate, change, criticize, and realize. The list could go on. The writing process is a part of me and I am a part of the writing process.

I love being a writer.