Just Start Typing

It’s the doing that counts

Tom C

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Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash

I’ve been staring at my screen for 20 minutes. Nothing has come up. It usually does but today I have drawn a blank.

A few ideas dart around the peripheries but no big game. Writing’s hard when it’s like this.

I don’t plan my posts in advance, I write about what I am interested in, in the moment.

Today I’m not interested in much nor do I feel much like writing.

This is where habit trumps ideas. I am typing away , knowing full well the message may not materialise.

Today this is pure process. I don’t want to, I don’t have to but I am doing it anyway.

When I go to the gym and I don’t want to, I am always glad that I did. Not only am I getting fitter but I am honouring the process. I get stronger physically and mentally when I override my desire to skip today.

I beleive the same thing happens when we write. I feel better when I push the publish button, I have written more, thought more and acted in spite of the resistance to take a day off.

I know what happens when I take a day off. I lose something bigger than the comfort gained. If I take a day off I may never restart.

So even though I have nothing to write about, I type and something will always come. I just need to start.

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