5. To write about the good or the bad?

I was thinking to write today’s story on one of my pet hates. But then I started questioning whether or not I should write something that is focused on the negative.

After all there is already so much negativity in the world, me adding to it isn’t going to make it better.

Of course life isn’t always wonderful. There are always going to be things that grate on us, make us curse and mutter under our breath. And it can be good to share. It’s often incredibly cathartic to vent our frustrations.

But there’s no real benefit in releasing my frustrations out into the world. It doesn’t change anything and it may just wind other people up too. I should just release them to a select crowd as a form of cheap therapy and then move on.

This is not to suggest that I will never write anything negative. Sometimes things just need to be said. What I am saying is that I will be more particular on the negative things that I write. There’s no point wasting a lot of time and energy writing about something bad that doesn’t really have an impact on the bigger picture of my life.