My not-so-personal diary

Since I was young, I've wanted to write. I've liked reading, and I wanted to write something myself. Never had an idea about what I wanted to write, I just wanted to write. Something that was mine. It needn't be a story, doesn't even have to make much sense. I just want my thoughts to take shape into words, into something which the future me, or others can read, something which hopefully affects the reader in some way. It's about leaving a mark, not about being good or widely known.

What I find satisfying is writing by hand as everything is quiet, and as long as I'm writing something I'm interested in. With my favourite fountain pen - filled with black ink because its viscosity is what enhances the pleasure, the feel in my hand, the sound - on my favourite spiral notebook, with nice white pages, dumping all my thoughts onto the helpless piece of paper.

But, what do I want to write about?

Everything around me influences me, more than I'd like to admit. Every now and then I have this new experience, something new to talk about. I don't want to stick to a theme, that's not the kind of person I am. But, I don't want my writings to get diluted with all the irrelevant thoughts I have. Which takes me to the conclusion that, I have a lot of thoughts, and much of them are worth writing about. But, there's nothing keeping them in check. I need a mechanism to organize my thoughts, before I can go on and write something meaningful.

Journaling

I've found that, keeping a journal or a diary is one of the best ways to organize your thoughts. Writing your experiences in a diary helps you control your emotions, and makes your thoughts clear. And it also makes your writing better, so that's like killing two birds with one stone.

The meaning behind The NonPersonal Diary

NonPersonal is a term whose meaning I just made up. This blog contains excerpts from my personal diary/journal, pointless stories, or other things written by me. In a way, this blog is my personal diary, but the public version. So it's not-so-personal, or you can say, NonPersonal.

About Me

My name is Vidhu Kant Sharma, and I also have another website named vidhukant.com but since I don't expect to have much common audience on both of them, I'll introduce myself here.

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