I don't understand why being a "writer" is soo important to you?

I mean I've always wanted to be a "writer" too but I don't write enough and I'm not more committed to it then other things in my life right now.

So what if you never are a writer again, does that make you somehow less valuable cause that's how it feels when I read these posts like if you aren't some great successful published writer your life is less valuable.

I know when I die I hope no one reads my journals I hope they get burned in fact I may burn them myself, the idea of anyone reading mine horrifies me. I've not kept a paper journal since I joined live journal but my writing in it had tapered off. I always just took that to mean I didn't need to write in it the way I use to.

I like to think the lives of those who we love most and who love us best whose lives we made an impact on will be the very best way to live on after death,...not merely in some old books.

I use to feel bad I was not a successful writer but now I just think what does it matter???

In the end it doesn't.