Long Time, No Words. 😭 - by Whispers Of A Wandering Mind

<img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/93897.jpg"/>Well... this is awkward. 🤧 I've been away for a while. It kind of feels like running into your ex unexpectedly... and I understand. 😭 Honestly, I kept saying I was busy, and I wasn't lying. I really was. School happened. Life happened. Trying to balance being a student, my finances, my relationships with people, and just... existing happened. Being a 200-level student was not easy at all. Now that I'm finally done with 200 level, I can confidently say it was a weapon fashioned against me. 😭 But somehow, I made it out alive, and for that, I'm grateful. For months, people would ask me why I hadn't written anything, and my answer was always the same: "I've been busy. I know what I want to write. I just haven't had the time." The funny thing is, I recently realized that maybe time wasn't the only problem. Yes, I was busy. But I probably could have written anyway. The truth is, it became difficult to return to writing. I've struggled with writer's block before, but this time it felt heavier. I also had to admit something to myself: social media had taken more from me than I was willing to admit. I became so used to chasing quick dopamine hits that scrolling became easier than thinking. Let's just say TikTok and I were in a very serious situationship 😭.It got so bad that reading became difficult—not just writing. Imagine that. Me. The girl who genuinely loves books. It honestly felt like books and I had gone through a breakup. 💔😔 And that scared me because I didn't recognize myself anymore. Last week, though, something changed. I picked up a hard-copy book... and I finished it. 🥳💃 That might sound like such a small thing, but it wasn't small to me. It felt like finding a missing part of myself. I genuinely felt like a star. 😂 That one book reminded me of something I'd forgotten. I still love reading. And if I still love reading, then maybe I never stopped loving writing either. Maybe I was just buried underneath exhaustion, distractions, and a very stubborn writer's block. 😭 The challenge has never been finding inspiration. My notes are full. My mind is full. The challenge has always been sitting down long enough to turn those thoughts into words. So... here I am. Finally. To everyone who has waited for another article from me, thank you. And I'm sorry I disappeared without saying anything. At some point, I realized I had disappeared for so long that I was starting to feel like a runaway bride. 😭 I'm finding my way back—not just to writing, but to myself. I can't promise perfection, and I can't promise I'll never disappear again. Life has a way of life-ing. 😅 But I can promise that I'm choosing consistency this time. One article. One page. One story at a time. I'm happy to be back home. Thank you for staying. Very unserious writer, but we're here. 😂🤍P.S.Since you're already here 😭, you might as well check out my last article, A Woman Before She Is Herself. It's the first piece in a series I'm really excited about, and I'd genuinely love to know what you think.❤️

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