My Journey Back to Authentic Writing
- Emma Olsick
- Feb 16
- 2 min read
For those who noticed I had taken a break from writing, thank you for pushing me back to a space I can make mine.
A short excerpt from my personal journal on my feelings towards digital writing during my time away.
02/11/25
Where have I been?
At one point through my consistent writings, it got to the point where keeping up with a scheduled post had taken more energy away from my life than I had thought. I was flooded by overwhelmingly anxiety which took away from the purpose of my writing. Writing to me is always a positive outlet where I could express what I feel at any given moment, and for some reason I had felt a disconnect writing online and felt I needed a break.
Handwriting in my journal while taking time offline made me realize how incredibly different it is to express feelings. Before starting this page, I had acknowledged that diving into the “world of blogging” would alter the form in which my thoughts would be seen digitally; however, it had never truly occurred to me that the meaning of my thoughts would be lost to me in some way.
In simpler terms, I felt that what I was writing online was vastly different from what I was feeling in my physical journal. I started to sense that I wasn’t being true to my blog, at least not as true as I found I can be through my journal. During my break from digital writing, this was something I knew I had to eventually come to terms with, the idea that not everything I write has to necessarily be as raw as it's perceived in my everyday journal. I can speak on different aspects of my life without needing to always compare my digital page to that of my journal. These two forms will always be different in many ways, but it's better to write than not at all. All I can do is try to express myself in the best way I can; if it's a post purely consisting of pictures or a poem, I hope you can try to understand my brain and hopefully get something from my writing.
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