My Story to Writing

Max Vyölsen
7 min readMar 11, 2024

Time flies by fast.

A lot of things have happened since I’ve started writing and sharing. I’ve started the next chapter of my life. I graduated high school, started university, and have my sights set on what’s to come. Life gets busy but writing has been a great way for me to lose track of time.

Writing has also helped me gather my emotions, regulate my feelings, and better control the things I have to say. I used to take life for granted as it was the only way I knew how to live. I still take a lot of things for granted that I shouldn’t. But writing, and possibly age, have allowed me to settle in and live in the moment more than I used to.

Every moment matters. That’s one thing I wish I knew earlier. I used to get up each day, go to school, do my work, chat with friends, and go to bed — some days before the sun went down.

I never thought about what it could’ve been, nor did I ever understand why I chose to do some of the things I did. I only pondered whether things would ever change after they had already passed, and tried out a bunch of hobbies until I could catch onto a few that I enjoyed.

Writing was one of those hobbies, but at first, it wasn’t very fun. I didn’t appreciate the idea that I could combine my creative mindset with my ability to write. I didn’t understand the art of writing. Writing…

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Max Vyölsen
Max Vyölsen

Written by Max Vyölsen

No rain, no flowers. Perfect is doing the best you can with what you have, and having no regrets.🍁

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