No Bailey you don't write just for those things. They are part of it, but there are much bigger reasons from my observations. The bigger reasons have to do with you in the here and now. You write to turn off. I know as well as many others that regardless of whether you're writing, producing, or just living your mind is always going 1,000 mph, and getting lost in words is a way to organize your harried and oft fragmented thoughts whilst being yanked through the day. You write to escape pain, and to make it real to your own mind that yes you are in constant pain (I really feel you on that one). You write because words are a soothing constant for you in a life that is drastically changing for you every day, and because words are the stable baseline you crave. You write knowing (maybe not believing, but at least subconsciously knowing) that your words touch others and change lives. Lastly you write because it releases something inside of you that needs to come out. Artists and empaths all have something inside, a burning desire for creativity for one reason or another, that eats at us until we release it on paper or in creative expression. You are not just writing for the satisfaction of likes or to leave a legacy (trust me you've already done that with your daughter, and the lives you've already touched). No, you are writing for many reasons rooted in the present, and the biggest one is release.
No Bailey you don't write just for those things. They are part of it, but there are much bigger reasons from my observations. The bigger reasons have to do with you in the here and now. You write to turn off. I know as well as many others that regardless of whether you're writing, producing, or just living your mind is always going 1,000 mph, and getting lost in words is a way to organize your harried and oft fragmented thoughts whilst being yanked through the day. You write to escape pain, and to make it real to your own mind that yes you are in constant pain (I really feel you on that one). You write because words are a soothing constant for you in a life that is drastically changing for you every day, and because words are the stable baseline you crave. You write knowing (maybe not believing, but at least subconsciously knowing) that your words touch others and change lives. Lastly you write because it releases something inside of you that needs to come out. Artists and empaths all have something inside, a burning desire for creativity for one reason or another, that eats at us until we release it on paper or in creative expression. You are not just writing for the satisfaction of likes or to leave a legacy (trust me you've already done that with your daughter, and the lives you've already touched). No, you are writing for many reasons rooted in the present, and the biggest one is release.