I am a Writer

My roommate and I decided that we were going to watch a movie and manage to be productive, just to prove that we could in fact, watch a movie AND be productive. For me, it was a success, I don't know so much about her. But all in all, the thing that helped me the most was the choice of movie. We watched Julie and Julia. I am completely impassioned, if that's even a word, about everything.

This movie, isn't just about cooking and good food. It's not even about the life of two women whose lives were completely different but connected through the love of food. These are all wonderful things. These are wonderful truths, yet there is another theme. It's about a woman finding her life, and regaining her confidence in her talent of writing. It's about a writer, learning that it's okay to write.

I love to write, thus the blog. I love the way words can be strung together. I have always thought that maybe, just maybe, it was a talent. At one point in my life, I wanted to be a writer. It was a dream. It's a dream for most people I believe.

I have other passions though. I am in love with the language of mathematics, it makes my life make more sense. Photography makes me feel so alive, I sometimes find I can't explain it. Soccer gives me reason for breath, while on the field, it is my only care in the world. Sitting in front of a piano, I feel as if I can conquer the world. Playing the trumpet, I feel like I already have. It is easy to feel passionate about so many things. I don't even have to be talented in these things, and I can assure you that I am not, but I feel for them feelings of such love and devotion that I cannot simply choose which I can love more.

I don't think I've ever felt this way for writing. But I realize now, that writing is my passion. It is not my only passion. I have decided firmly that I want to do math, everyday, for the rest of my life. To get into BYU, I wrote an essay on why I found math was one the most central parts of my creativity. As I wrote that essay, I realized that math was my calling in this life. But today, I realized that in finding my passion for math, I realized that it must take a lot of talent to write about creating things by simply solving a math equation.

Each time I finish writing something, I feel a sense of accomplishment that I do not often feel in my life. There are very few things that make me feel as writing does. It may not be my strong point, and let's be honest, I don't know what my strong point might be. But there is one thing for certain.

I am a writer.

[(never give up on what you truly love to do)]