Writing About Writing

Part of my personal objective for this goal group I’ve started is to get comfortable writing more, and to find my voice. Whatever that means, I want it. So, this week I had the goal of writing three more blog posts. Last week I tried a couple things — one was sort of academic, sharing a cool thing about Maslow. One was a post about the social framework we need to replace the broken melting pot idea. And there were a couple more. You can look back and see them… All were different and all served some sort of purpose.

They received varied responses. I love looking at the metrics and comments but that’s not what this exercise is really about. I’m measuring my success on a different level. What’s most important is the doing of it. To put it another way, I’m doing it to practice creating a clear and direct way to express myself.

Why? I have thoughts. Many thoughts. Some are huge, like how to fix the disillusionment with the US or how to appreciate an active addict. Some are small, like how to keep the aluminum foil roller in the box when you tear a sheet off against the serrated thing. But I definitely have things I want to share.

So this goal for me is about clearing my throat and deciding what kind of music I want to sing. And at this point, today, I’d settle for just clearing my throat a little more. Before I can express my ideas with consistency I need to get over this crazy resistance to starting. It’s really, really hard to sit down and write sometimes. I know I am not alone in that, but knowing I have company doesn’t make the act of digging in any easier.

By practicing I am expecting to be able to get better at starting. Just digging in when I have an idea to express. As I decrease the hurdle to getting the ideas on the page, then I will focus on refining the messages themselves.

With the writing I have done so far I’ve covered a lot of ground. I’m not even sure that one blog, with one audience, can fit the wide range of things I want to cover without it seeming all over the place. I guess we’ll find out.

So I’m going to keep writing. Feedback will be very useful, please let me know. I can’t wait until I can write with ease and create things that people enjoy reading. Thanks.