I think about this a lot but I never have really gotten the chance to put my feelings on paper. I am in the journalism program at my college, I have always enjoyed writing and have felt that it comes naturally to me, but my whole life I have thought that writing really isn't that impressive of a talent. One of my best friends who I have known since kindergarten is in university for zoology, but she is also amazing at writing and has even won awards in school for it. I know so many people who are good at writing but are studying engineering, chemistry, and other super impressive things that I could never do. When I was a kid and teenager, I was always told by my family that I should become an author, journalist, lawyer, etc. But I felt like I needed to do something more impressive. My cousins and friends were all good at math, so why wasn't I? Writing is an art and a necessity to life, but it doesn't take a lot of practice to become good at it. I know this is very unhealthy, but it sometimes bothers me that there are others who are as passionate about writing as me, and are probably even better without trying. I should stop complaining, but I really do want to be a journalist more than anything, and in the past year of me realizing that has opened my life up to brand new possibilities. I've been thinking of writing on here every month to do a sort of recap, I'm sure no one will actually read any of this but I made this blog for me so why should I care? My mom and dad have asked me if I write things in my free time, and that if I want to become a journalist I should be doing that constantly as well as reading. I feel guilt because no, I only write things when I'm assigned to in school, and I have a bunch of books that I want to read but haven't gotten around to yet because I like watching youtube way more. The worst part about their questioning is that I agree, I should be writing and reading more, but it's hard for me to start without going in ten different directions at a time (kinda like now), or getting distracted and ending up going on pinterest for an hour. Maybe I should use one of those websites that generates essay topics for you to write about? I do way better when I know what my end goal is.
