I was never really scared of death. If anyone was to ask me what my biggest fear was, I would usually just say growing up, or something usual, like insects. I never really realized that the fear of growing up, indirectly related to the fear of losing someone. Growing up, I never experienced death firsthand. I would hear about people who I was not close to, passing away, their families grieving. None of it affected me. I didn't know them, what's the point of crying over something that doesn't affect you. I've always lived in a very comfortable bubble. While my family is really big, I only ever grew up around a few of them. So anything that wasn't related to them, I didn't care about. This made my childhood a great one, what I didn't know was that everything good comes to an end. In this bubble of mine, I failed to realize that people close to me can die too. It's not always that one distant aunt or uncle, it can be anyone around you. I believe it was ...
I've always wondered what it would be like to talk through letters. Excruciatingly slow? Or a lot of fun, keeping the mystery of what the next letter might bring? In the era of social media apps, getting in contact with someone couldn't be made easier. We can send messages, pictures, voice recordings, and videos with ease. What would happen if we decided to use letters in the same way we use these apps? Would we print out pictures and send them along? Record our videos on a cassette? Imagine waiting a week for your letter to arrive, jittery with excitement and it only has one word on it, "okay". The world would descend into chaos (a little exaggeration never hurt anybody). There are multiple ways this could play out, here's my variation: Everything would be a mess, to alert someone about a last-minute change in plans, would be next to impossible. Nobody would be able to go for long without having a quick chat with their best friend or their parents. Some might e...
Can't write? Burnt out? Not motivated enough? Don't know how to express yourself, this feeling can't be discussed. But it's okay, this feeling has to pass through. If you want to be a writer, that's the career you should pursue! But if not, that's completely okay too! Do it for fun, as a writer there's nothing you can't do, Give her wings, make him cry, It's your world to write and it's your world to read, You can do everything, sow a new world, go and plant its seed. Don't let the evil of demotivation stop you from writing. The thrill you feel, it's over-exciting, when you're able to share your work with everyone! People all over the world, be it Indian or Bulgarian. Let that joy motivate you to write and thrive, With writing and affirmations from others, I survive.
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