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The Easiest Things to Write About

The easiest things to write about are the things you know daily.

Ellen Nguyen
3 min readNov 22, 2020

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The easiest things to write about are the things you know daily.

For me, it’s my relationship with my dear partner.

Since the beginning of the first UK lockdown, we have been inseparable. In fact, we have spent so much time together that whenever I pause to acknowledge it, I often feel quite bemused. Needless to say, we know a lot about each other, and I have a lot to say about our relationship.

But I’ve been holding myself back from writing about our relationship because of many reasons.

Firstly, I want to protect my privacy. My relationship is no longer just a relationship — it has become quite literally my daily life because we do everything together.

Secondly, writing about something forces you to put it into perspective and make sense of it instead of being present.

In this relationship, I’ve always been truly myself and fully present, which gives me so much joy and fulfillment. But it also means I haven’t had a chance to mentally separate myself from the relationship and properly reflect on it — not to mention it’s growing and taking on new meanings each day, which makes the…

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Ellen Nguyen
Ellen Nguyen

Written by Ellen Nguyen

Freelance writer & digital creator | London based | Psychology BSc. Editor of LovefulMind.com, empowering women.

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