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March 11th

Today it is five hundred and one days since I started this blog. Five hundred and one posts on here since I decided to write something every day. And surprisingly, I kept at it. I was never any good at keeping any promises — even, or especially, to myself. I got better at it. As a writer and as a person who now keeps his promises. Writing comes easy and natural to me now, unlike the laborious posts in the first months. I have a lot of ideas and I know how to put them in words, not just in my head anymore, but to present them in writing in a way that makes me happy. That itself is a huge shocker still to me — that I can be content and pleased with my creative output. I was always my own most demanding critic. And the fact that I know that there is a lot of my good writing on here is a wonderful wonder. I have a plan to write a book now, a book that will include plenty of ideas started here. Ideas that I want to develop a little and connect them together in a way that will make sense.

Honestly, I cannot believe it. But I am happy and proud now. I will enjoy the rest of my weekend. There will be more writing, of course.

For now — I am listening again to an amazing album, “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye. I listened to it this afternoon, and I just want to listen to it again with dimmed lights and headphones on. In peace and safety. And I wish to everyone who needs peace and safety now that they will find it soon.

I hope you can enjoy it the same way I do.