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Mar 13, 2024
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I Write to Hear Myself Think

I never meant to become a blogger. But in the quiet moments, writing became how I untangle my thoughts, leave notes for future me, and find clarity when everything else feels loud.

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It started with noise

There was a time when my head was full of static.

Deadlines. Messages. Code. More code.
Everything outside looked organized, but inside? Total chaos.
Thoughts tangled like a headphone jack in a pocket.

I didn’t plan to become a “blogger.” That word still makes me laugh a little.
Feels like something you put in your bio when you’ve figured life out.
I hadn’t. Still haven’t.

But one night, around 2AM — rain tapping the window, laptop light too bright —
I started typing.
Not to explain anything. Just to say something out loud, even if no one was listening.

And that’s how it began.

Writing feels like cleaning

Not the vacuum-and-mop kind.
More like opening drawers you haven’t touched in years.

I’d write about some random bug I fixed… and end up wondering why I never finish side projects.
I’d draft a how-to post… and halfway through, catch myself sounding like someone I’m not.

The truth always slips in.

Writing exposes your own bullsh*t.
You can’t hide when you’re reading your own words in the quiet.

I write because memory lies

There’s this one blog post I wrote during a brutal burnout.
I didn’t publish it right away. It felt raw, like an open nerve.

But months later, I re-read it.
And it saved me.

Because when everything got messy again, I couldn’t trust my brain —
it told me I’d always been weak, always been behind, always been like this.

That post reminded me: Nah. I got through it once. Here’s the proof. In my own words.

Sometimes I write for Future Me.
To leave breadcrumbs back to clarity.

I don’t always feel brave enough

There are drafts I’ve never shown anyone.

Posts that felt too honest, too insecure, too… unfiltered.
Sometimes I’m scared of how exposed I sound.
Like someone might read it and see too much.

But the weird part is — when I do share those posts,
someone always replies,
“Damn. I thought I was the only one.”

And that’s when I remember:
writing isn’t about performing.
It’s about connecting.

I write because silence doesn’t help

When I keep everything in, it festers.
Turns into tiredness I can’t explain, or this dull pressure in my chest.

But when I write?

Even if it’s ugly. Even if no one reads it.
It clears a little space inside me.

The page doesn’t judge.
It just holds.

There’s no big mission

I’m not trying to teach you anything.
I’m not building an audience or chasing clicks.

I just write because it feels like breathing.
Because sometimes, between the typos and tangents,
I find a voice I actually recognize.

And on the good days, I think:

Maybe this is who I am — not the polished bio,
not the version people expect…
just a quiet mess with something honest to say.

That’s enough for now.