Writing Under The Willow

Long time no see.



After a long hiatus and a line of excuses as to why I've not been making blog posts, I've decided it's time to finally start consistent blogging (hopefully). Now this may not be every day, or every other day. I might not even manage once a week, but I'm going to certainly try as often as possible to create a thought bank again that I can hopefully look back on later in life and say, "oh, that was a thing".

Now I know I'm not the best writer and I'm certainly not the most creative in any way, but after a very emotional few weeks I've realised that all these events that I feel are important to me now will very soon become mere memories, and knowing how forgetful I can be, I might not remember them at all  eventually. In fact, I've often told myself since I was little "one day I won't remember that this day even happened". It took me a few free periods in school reminiscing with a primary school friend of things which happened when we were tiny (not that I'm much taller now), to realise how important these memories are to have. Everything which has happened before is a part of what has made us and although it may seem contradictory to a previous post about living in the present, sometimes it's good to just take a step back and just acknowledge our stories so far. A bit like my love for Friends - I've already watched the episodes, but no matter if I've watched an episode once or one hundred times, it still makes me happy and I still get a giggle from it - and memories can do the same.

Fair enough, some memories aren't always happy and sometimes we do wish we could just erase it from our lives (or at least forget it ever happened) but some day, we may be able to laugh from them, learn from them, or at least gather an appreciation for our circumstances now if they're no longer as bad as they used to be.

That's why I'm going to give it my best effort to start blogging again. I'm no longer going to hope that I remember things in the future, because I know I'll forget. I've tried and failed for years to retain my memories with no other aid, and so, without making things too personal (that's for my other goal to start writing diary entries) I'm going to try catching the moments of my life as they fall from the metaphorical willow I created for my blog name because it sounded nice.

Hopefully see you again soon (sort of).