THE GRATITUDE SERIES '20: DAY 3

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WRITING



The year presented me with the unexpected opportunity to improve my craft—writing. As the year tossed us into the confines of our homes, writing became my go-to.

My adventure with writing did not start as a conscious deep dive this year, but time and chance, and necessity found me plunging into writing. In the earlier part of the year, I engaged in writing just because I needed to put out content. As time passed however, I found writing to be more therapeutic than any other thing.

There were countless thoughts traversing my mind and writing was the best way to get those thoughts out—for you and I. From turning writing to therapy, I began to engage in a daily writing exercise, I guess I needed the challenge—something to constantly look forward to. The year has seen me improve in my craft.

I am super grateful for all the beautiful things I have written this year (some of which you would see soon enough. Others, maybe never) I have seen my writing over the years and I would say this year has seen me hit a new peak. I am grateful for that.

Just as I have improved (and keep improving) in article writing, my affair with poetry-writing has not been left out. Again, I have written beautiful things this year, sometimes I wonder what pushed me to creating such pieces. I am grateful.

Even as I have stepped up my creation rate, I have diversified a little. I have delved into scriptwriting (not full-blown screenplay. . . Maybe one day) and while I am not as great as I would love to be at it, I have seen improvement regardless. It is less nerve-wracking than it felt at the start. There is still a long road ahead but, I am grateful for my progress this far.


I am thankful for the art of writing, it has kept my sanity in check. I can’t deny that I have seen growth.


To more beautiful pieces.

‘Mina

What are you grateful for?


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