A habit is about doing it consistently. It doesn’t matter if it’s a long post or a few sentences. It’s about doing it each day. Here’s my post for today.
Category: Writing
Creation Breeds More Creation
I can already feel the cogs in my head waking from a dormant slumber. The cobwebs are slowly breaking from there nesting spot on my inner gears. Like clockwork, my brain is refocusing on grander ideas and a more creative self.
Instead of sitting at home, desiring to be mindless, I’ve started thinking of things that I can accomplish if I put my mind to them. I’ve also started seeing the world through the lens of my reading. I’ve been applying concepts from Human Action (a book I’ve slowly been getting through about the basis of economics by Ludwig von Mises).
I’ve also seen the creative value in expression from a science fiction book I’ve been reading and the music that I listen to. Writing, to me, is a creative outlet that breeds more creativity and gives life to the creativity of others.
After today, I won’t be posting “fluff” pieces about getting back in action. Today, was about getting my brain back in motion and letting creativity create some more.
Why I’m Back to Writing
I could spend all day, week or month circling through ideas in my head. Without writing them down, they get lost in the constant banter going through my brain. Although they may seem scary to put down, and a lot of times my ideas change from putting them into writing and reflecting on those words, it’s a necessary hurdle to achieve further knowledge.
The only way to learn what my thoughts truly mean is by putting pen to pencil (or finger to keyboard) and penning ideas into being. Without this habit, I lose my path into thinking through possible ideas.
Without using writing as a habit, I wrap ideas into tighter circles never to explore their possible meaning. That’s why I’m back to writing. I need to jot my thoughts down and figure out what my brain is saying. It’s the easiest way I’ve found to keep exploring new ideas and keeping myself from circling through the same thoughts.
Not All Writing is Created Equal
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.