I've been thinking a lot about writing. In fact, I love writing but I haven't been in touch with my writing soul lately. Sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say, nothing to write about. But, when I look at others, major authors who have carved their names in the sky, asking myself what have they done to be called writers, I found a satisfactory answer: Writers write. They just write about what is happening, they don't make things up as much as they report on what is happening from their point of view. And that is, luckily, what I enjoy doing most. I love dwelling on subjects, people, events which means I should go back to writing, even if it meant that I will be the only reader of whatever the outcome may be. As I go by the motto, do it as long as it makes you happy, I will go for it. Here's a new start, for my writing reunion:

Speaking of stating the obvious, I'll just talk about the topic of the hour: Marriage, to be more specific, early marriage. Yes, by that I suppose I mean me getting married soon. Essentially, I have two major problems with this issue. First, and perhaps most important, is a tiny little problem standing in the way of me getting married, which is that I do not know of any guy I would want to share the rest of my life with. What does this make me? An adult suffering from late teen symptoms? Or perhaps someone who hasn't been planning for this phase of my life serious enough? Anyway, it just happened to be the truth, no matter how unsatisfactory to society it might be. You can just say I haven't found the right one yet and don't feel the urge to go on a hunting trip just yet. Another problem would be that I do not see myself married in the near future. Yes, I am not ready, not ready to grow up, build a family and start ending my life. No, I will not write the book "The beginning of an end" just yet, don't I at least have the right to postpone this phase for a while? I suppose I can always do that.

It suddenly seems to me that almost everyone here in Cairo (and some other places on the face of the map of the earth)woke up one day and decided to get married right after, or sometimes even before, finishing college life. I do think they are wasting their chances of enjoying their youth by taking this step so early. I mean, if you're spending your life with that person anyway, why do you put so much effort in making your lives together longer? Is it love? or fulfilling a social duty and position you have to in order to fit in with your tradition-thirsty society.

Let's just hope that people would stop rushing into the flow of fashion, traditions and other wrongdoings and start adopting a new strategy, a strategy that entails one thing and only one thing: What is it that I want out of this life and does it necessarily have to take place right now? Prioritize, people! There's no one standing behind you with a knife in his hands dictating your coming steps, so enjoy this privilege while it lasts.