Personalessay Stories

What if you could sit beside the person you used to be? Between 2015 and 2018, I wrote pieces filled with questions, fears, hopes, and dreams. At the time, they were simply random thoughts-words I couldn't always say out loud. Years later, I found myself reading those same pages with different eyes. This book is more than a revised collection. It is a conversation between my younger self and the person I am today. Each chapter includes: ✍️ The revised piece 🌱 The story behind it 🌿 My reflections after reading it years later 💌 A letter to my younger self ☕ A question for every reader Perhaps you'll see a younger version of yourself somewhere between these pages. Because sometimes, the words we wrote years ago become the ones we need to read today. • • • 📜 Author's Note These writings were originally published on my Wattpad account under Random Thoughts. I have preserved their emotions while refining the language and reflecting on them through the eyes of the person I have become. This isn't just a collection of old writings. It's a reminder that growth doesn't erase our past-it helps us understand it. Welcome to my journey. Maybe, by the end of this book, you'll feel inspired to write a letter to your younger self too. - @AnnieArta

𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧... In this heartfelt essay, I share how I discovered the value of being #BraveTogether. This is the most open I have ever gotten with my personal life. I am honored to take part in the Wattpad x Maybelline write-a-thon, and I can't wait to see the stories my fellow Wattpadders share. Turns out the real success story is the friends we make along the way! Cover Illustrated by IMI

Trust me I don't come to Wattpad for personal stories but I enjoy writing them and I would like it if they made it farther than the drawer in my dress or my teacher's grade book. (Essays, Statements, Poetry, etc.)

A college essay

He doesn't even know I exist, yet his presence changed my life. This is a deeply personal letter to Kim Taehyung - not as an idol, but as the man who unknowingly became my comfort, my muse, and my quiet source of strength. "Born to Love, Forced to Admire" is a reflection of the bittersweet reality of loving someone from afar - the beauty, the ache, and the silent bond between a fan and the one who will never know just how much he means. If you've ever loved someone through a screen, this is for you. To my beloved Taehyung🥹 I know there is many girls whom like you soo much but the way I love you no one which loves like that 🌕🍂

After a revealing search for his birth mother, Lee declined to pursue the paternal side of the story. Little did he know how the fate of the planet itself was wrapped up in his own star-crossed origin. Only through the unexpected appearance of an alien, yet attractive, android is he brought into the mind boggling reality of how his father, life on Earth, and galactic tourism all fit together.

To Those Who Walk Through Darkness with wisdom in Their Hands.

This is a psychological and autobiographical piece about how suicidal thoughts can form not as a desire for death, but as a desire for rest. Using the metaphor of "leaving work," it explores burnout, endurance, and what happens when survival becomes an ongoing obligation instead of a choice.

Mother Daughter Dynamics

Creative Non-fiction on true about a lost love one. In memory of Bernadine Vallez

A personal reflection on arriving in Bispehaven, a neighborhood in transition, and the slow shift from unease and uncertainty to familiarity and appreciation over eight years.

A collection of poetic rambles and personal essays in the genre of creative nonfiction from the mind of a confused teenage female homo-sapien. Thank you for your time.

Born in the fog. Shaped by shadows. Haunted by a phantom I once called home. This lyrical hybrid essay dives into the soul's quiet unraveling-through rejection, illusion, and the dark seduction of resentment. A poetic journey through emotional exile and spiritual awakening, it traces the narrator's descent into inner ruin and their desperate reach toward redemption. Raw, rhythmic, and drenched in ache, this piece speaks to anyone who has wandered in the fog and longed for the arms of a Father they barely remember-yet somehow always knew.

Personal essay on the new year, and growing old.

Personal essay about gun violence and growing up in Florida gun culture, with tie-ins to mass shootings of the past twenty years. Originally published at The Rumpus in 2018. Art by Briana Finegan

A letter to thank you for believing in me and for showing me how to believe in myself, even if just for a short while.

To my dear ex boyfriend. . . Damn you and everything our relationship stood for.