My thoughts on Writing

It makes me a little sad to say that I haven’t been writing anything personal for a very long time. Of course, I do write a lot of emails at work and I do ‘write’ a lot of presentations and work related stuff. I guess what I meant is that I haven’t put my personal thoughts into words for a while.

A long time ago, I used to write short stories. I probably still have a printed copy somewhere but the original softcopy is probably long gone. I also used to write plays. That again is something that I have not done in a very long time.

I also used to draw comics. They were ok, I guess and they reflected my thoughts sometimes better than words could. They were also considerably harder and took longer than writing. But there, I used to write and I used to draw. So what happened?

I guess I grew up. I got taken over by responsibilities and plans. Things I needed to do, places I needed to go, money I needed to earn and save. As a result, hobbies such as reading and writing and drawing ended up being things that I had no time for. If I wasn’t working, I was at home cleaning up and doing the endless chores around the house. Otherwise, I would be doing research on my next investment, or my next holiday trip that may or may not materialise. Or I would be doing silly time wasting stuff like trawling Facebook, playing games on my smartphone or shopping online.

Eeekk….! Putting words onto paper suddenly made me realise that I have not been spending my precious time as well as I should. I have stopped doing things that made use of my great big brain and wonderful intellect. I have been remiss in my own personal growth.

I hope this post will be one of many posts to come.

PS. I shall change the name from Grumbles to something else. I think I have become a lot more positive in the last few years and grumbling just doesn’t seem right.