Escribir para mí misma
Updated: Sep 29, 2021
Después de nueve meses sin escribir en este blog, esta semana decidí regresar.
Es difícil explicar por qué me fui, especialmente porque creo que no hay una respuesta correcta, pero en parte creo que fue porque dejé de escribir para mí misma.
Cuando empecé este blog lo hice para desempolvar un escrito sobre un viaje significativo que hice a Veracruz, y para poder compartirlo con la gente que más quiero. Inauguré Jardín de Relatos con la promesa de que escribía para mí misma (especialmente para tener justificación de los pocos lectores que tenía). Pero poco después, escribir para este blog se convirtió en una tarea. Una que dependía de las opiniones de la gente que me rodeaba y del número de visitas que tenía cada escrito.
Me empecé a perder en mis propias palabras, y entre más me hundía, más difícil era salir.
Sin embargo, ahora que dejé esto por unos meses y que he vivido nuevas experiencias, creo que es momento de regresar. Regresar con la misma promesa de antes, pero ahora con la necesidad de cumplirla.
Aunque no lo parezca, escribir para mí misma es de las cosas más importantes que hago en mi vida. Hace que mis sentimientos tengan sentido, y que los momentos que vivo sean inmortales. Me ayuda a recuperar una voz que a veces siento que pierdo.
Ahora regreso pero con algo nuevo. Ahora solamente escribiré lo que yo quiera escribir y contaré las experiencias, pensamientos y reflexiones que he tenido en estos últimos meses, unos de los más significativos de mi vida hasta ahora.
La gente que me ha apoyado con este blog desde el principio tiene mi corazón entero <3 y espero que sigan aquí con el regreso de Jardín de Relatos.
El amanecer :)
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