Why I Write These Essays
I’d like to say it’s for you, but it’s actually for me.
I write an essay every day.
Why?
Simply put, the things I write about matter to me.
My former sacrificial self would have said I write them “to help others” and improve this or that.
Those things would be a lovely side benefit, but they’re not my primary motivation.
I write about things that are important to me.
It’s why I’m not niched into one essay topic. I write about grief, psychology topics, private practice, religious deconstruction, art therapy, autism, writing and more.
All the things I care about and have personal experience with. Things I have something to say about.
Frequently, I want to say them because I don’t hear other people saying them. Or because our culture is telling us false things. I don’t agree, and I say so.
I want to point out and name the harmful things.
I want to evaporate the systems, beliefs, and norms that harm us.
That’s why I write essays.
I’m not out to vanquish the entire world, but I can address the things I’ve seen and lived.
