"When you're a writer, you just can't turn it off," said Ryan, a poet/waiter that I work with at Alice's. "It's not always a good thing; but you can't turn it off even when you want to."
I found myself nodding in agreement.
I write all the time in my head. Sometimes it's to my detriment.... Like today when the homeless guy started pontificating about my great rainboots (I mean, he was right... I just got them, and they are pretty amazing, but still...) and I couldn't bring myself to walk away because all I could think about was writing about this bizarre conversation.
So yeah, I agree with Ryan. If you're a writer, you can't turn it off- it's just a part of who you are.
I'm finally beginning to embrace this about myself.
I'm not a writer in the truest sense of the word but I do feel like throughout the day I'm blogging in my head, or journaling, or writing poems and letters. It keeps the day fun and interesting and always alive--well at least for me.
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