Day 2 - The Creative Decision
Jan. 2nd, 2010 11:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolfsbrideLooking back over the past year, there were times when I drove myself to tears over the whole writing issue. In fact, some days I became so depressed about the whole thing, I was tempted to give up all together. This is certainly not conducive to developing a writing habit.
As mentioned, I obviously bit off more than I could chew with the write something every day mandate. Writing used to be a joy to me, not a chore and I very much wish to return to those simple days. Clearly though, I was going about it the wrong way.
The difficulty lies is treading the fine line between slavish obedience and total laziness. I don't want to make myself miserable by forcing myself to write but neither do I want to succumb to never doing anything. For myself, I know that if I wait until I feel like writing, nothing will ever get done.
And so I've decided to allow myself some flexibility. I'll still attempt to write something daily, however, I'm giving myself permission to only need to post something at least once a month. In this way I hope to alleviate some of the panic and stress I got overwhelmed with when facing the daily posting deadline.
If things go well, I may change this to posting once a week. However, given the difficulty I have with putting words to paper in general, I think at this point and time, it's more important to become comfortable with writing itself rather than output.
We'll see how it goes.
As mentioned, I obviously bit off more than I could chew with the write something every day mandate. Writing used to be a joy to me, not a chore and I very much wish to return to those simple days. Clearly though, I was going about it the wrong way.
The difficulty lies is treading the fine line between slavish obedience and total laziness. I don't want to make myself miserable by forcing myself to write but neither do I want to succumb to never doing anything. For myself, I know that if I wait until I feel like writing, nothing will ever get done.
And so I've decided to allow myself some flexibility. I'll still attempt to write something daily, however, I'm giving myself permission to only need to post something at least once a month. In this way I hope to alleviate some of the panic and stress I got overwhelmed with when facing the daily posting deadline.
If things go well, I may change this to posting once a week. However, given the difficulty I have with putting words to paper in general, I think at this point and time, it's more important to become comfortable with writing itself rather than output.
We'll see how it goes.
