| Writing is cathartic. Writers know this, and many say that is the reason they keep writing. Most of the time, the way I catharsize with my computer is by writing silly stuff and trying to remember to keep looking at the world through glasses with a big red nose and a rainbow afro attached. Just finding the silliness in the mundane helps me to remember that my life contains very little to be genuinely upset about.Â
Some blogs are written from another point of view. These blogs spit fire and venom upon anyone and anything that upsets the blogger. The emotional benefits are probably somewhat similar to those that I find, and that’s fine. Writing about wanting to chuck someone off a tall building is better than doing it. I am fortunate that my current situation does not force me to work for an unreasonable person, or live with someone I don’t like for financial reasons, etc. So when I sit down to write I’m usually pretty baggage-free and not in need of |
