Blogging has many forms. This blog, for example, was inspired by Seth Godin who, in one post (or maybe in a book, “What to do when it’s your turn”) kindly suggested the idea to blog.
Without comments. Blogging for the sake of writing. Without the pressure of people liking or not liking what you had to say. With no audience, with no expectations that your analytics visitors will bump.
Writing in the simplest form.
1175 posts later, I can say I both succeeded and failed. Failed because I’ve not been as consistent as I wanted.
Succeeded because, after all, there are 1175 posts confirming that it’s possible.
But we all need reminders of our goals and our vision. That’s why it was so great to read Matt’s post. A reminder to blog. To continue blogging.
Sometimes life gets in the way, and when you’re trying to keep a habit, skipping one day can make a night and day difference.
Skipping one day can mean giving up.
And, to be honest, that’s what happened (again).
Over time, I started accepting the fact that I’d skip some days/weeks of writing here. Not because I like to skip them, but because I intentionally choose to prioritize other stuff.
But, when I read that post it all came back to me. Why I was writing: To think.
To think and explore other ideas. Here you can find some really terrible posts and some decent, maybe even good ones. Some days I’m inspired, and some days I’m not. Some days I talk about interesting stuff, and some days about boring things.
I’m training. Training to think more and better, through writing, so that all my thoughts are more refined, directed, intentional.
So, cheers to writing, cheers to blogging without an audience, and cheers to the silent writers who don’t publish, either because they don’t care or because they haven’t yet found their hit.
May we all never lose this little flame we have, this love for writing itself, even in the darkest times.
Come on, give me the chills 