When I first started blogging, the hardest part for me was taking the ideas in my head and putting them to paper. This problem persisted for multiple reasons: fear of judgment, no practice in turning thoughts into words, little belief in my ability, etc. However, with time, I became much better at turning my thoughts into words. It almost (ALMOST) comes naturally to me now.
Lately, I’ve taken up an interest in writing content. Not just content that gets a few clicks but the kind of content that people go back and read multiple times over (evergreen content). This is a completely new world. Although it’s “just” writing, it’s in a completely different form.
All of these months of blogging has been taking thoughts in my head and jotting them down. Now, I have to take thoughts in my head, connect them with other thoughts, and write them into enriching material.
I doubt I’ll struggle with this issue for too long, maybe a month or two, but it definitely feels foreign. Writing as a way to produce content is not created equal to writing for me. The bright spot: Without training myself to write daily, this would feel like Mt. Everest instead, it feels like another fourteener.