My Life is a Poetry Book, Not a Novel:
Published on 10.01.2025 • Reading Time: ≈ 05 minutes • 02 Comments

To make sense of ourselves, we often frame our inner narratives as an unfolding story. Our past, our constant becoming, our idealised ending. They are the measurement we use to attribute to our lives a personal sense of progression and emotional growth. But they also entangle us in expectations and self-assumptions. But stories are not bound to having a single shape. They can meander, repeat themselves rhythmically, and divide themselves into verses. And these are the stories I always loved most. This is a reflection about the necessity to escape through the margins of our own story. For me, this led to the conclusion that I wanted my life to be amorphous and authentic like a poetry book, not a novel. ꒰ Read+ ꒱