Saturday, 21 March 2015

Taking Interest




Hanging around with friends can be great, but the reality of it, is they're are not always there. And that's where enjoying your own company is important.

Now, I can be quite the lazy person, but in contrast, my mind wants to do so many gazillion things. I'm a curious person, but I guess I'm not the most pro-active person, and that's a bad habit because you then become the person that says a lot of things but never do any of it.

I can list all the things I am curious about or love to do, but I promise that we'll be here forever. But generally, I like to be creative. For example, writing.

I have over 10 unfinished stories on my laptop/in my notebooks, and I've not return to them in years.

There's a story about a couple who like to break the law for a living...like Bonny and Clyde, that I started and never finished 4 years ago. 

There's a story and a script about a girl who was born on another planet- Venus precisely- but brought to earth when her home was destroyed and had to adapt to living on earth... I think I started this when I was 13 or 14 years old...

There's a story about a girl who starts writing letters to an anonymous person as she starts her last year in college... very much inspired by 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower', how original right? I think I was around...15 when I started writing this.

Believe me, there is so much more crappy and unoriginal stories that I have not shown any love to for the past couple years. The only 'novel' I ever finished writing was when I was 13 (or 14- I can never be too sure) called 'The Mistress', and it was about a woman who liked stealing married men to mend her broken heart from a past relationship, and then falls in love a married man. Can you believe a 13 year old writing this?

Point is, I've not written a story in forever, but since I've been doing creative writing in sixth form, I have taken to some past stories recently, and realised how much I missed it. It really is an escape for me, and I realised that it was something I could do whether I was bored or not. That is enjoying your own company. 

I guess it all comes down to self-care; people are not always going to be there to chill with, and so doing something that you love and enjoy to make you happy, is even better. I encourage anyone to find out what they love to do and do it, not only are you being pro-active but at the same time, you're discovering yourself.


- Leslie

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