rosie abigail

You don’t think I’d miss out on writing for National Writing Day, would you? Of course not.

There are so many things I could talk about here. The power of writing and how it can change the world. How it can be therapeutic and cathartic for you and others. How creativity is the most important tool you can have. Now, these are all highly important truths. But what do you do about that ache?

For a lot of creative people, either working in a non-creative field or not working in their disciplines, there is an ache that follows us around. It can be in the cavity of the chest, resting on nape of the neck, settling in the pit of the stomach. It’s an ache of longing, to be doing what you were made to do. And that ache can get heavy, especially when paired with burnout, overworking, and long hours.

I think of that as the ‘creative need’. Of course, you can be creative for the sake of being creative, there doesn’t have to be a need all of the time. But a lot of people have been born with creativity as a muscle. If it isn’t used, it seizes up, aches, and yearns to be stretched.

So how do you stretch that creative muscle? By using it. It doesn’t have to be in a big, dramatic way. It can be small, like journaling in the morning to clear your brain. Perhaps scrap booking or junk journaling to house memories. Or colouring in or paint by numbers after a long day at work. Creativity for yourself allows that muscle to start to stretch.

But sometimes, that’s not enough to get rid of the ache. That practice can open the door to creativity, but leaves it open with a desire for more. If you still have that ache, I suggest simply – starting it.

If you are reading this, I think you have an idea of what ‘it’ is. ‘It’ is different for everyone. Maybe you’ve had the idea for a book or BookTok account. Or maybe the idea of taking or delivering dance classes. Maybe starting a blog or a YouTube channel has always been in your peripherals. That idea is ‘it’.

The biggest leap you will take will always be the first one. But once you have given thought and time to your ‘it’ and jumped into creating, you’ve started. And that’s the hardest part done! Once you have started, it is then part of your life and your creative process.  No-one can tell you that you aren’t a writer, or TikToker, or dancer, or blogger, or creator, once you actually start.

So this National Writing Day, I encourage you to start your project. Leap into it. Let your creativity be used. And when you choose to share it, you’ll be surprised at how many people want you to succeed.

Rosie x

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