So, the prompt today is by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits fame and Focusmanifesto.com. He asks simply: Writing. What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing – and can you eliminate it?
And, this is quite easy for me. In a nutshell, I don’t write every day and never really have. The closest I’ve come was during the Best of 09 Blog Challenge by Gwen Bell and now this month long exercise. For me, writing is not my passion, so it’s not something I work to explore. But, I used to have a way with words, and ended up with a degree in History because I was fascinated by the past.
Could I write more if I pushed myself? Yes. I spend too much time on the computer playing games. I also tend to avoid anything that isn’t “fun” out a lack of focus. So, for me to write more, I’d need to find something I could be passionate about and focus on and it would have to be something I was keen to explore and share with the world.
I’ve had this kind of focus before. Two years ago, I spent 7 months working out and watching my food intake both for quantity and quality and lost a bunch of weight. This actually took me away from the computer some and the positive results kept me motivated to keep at it. Thus, for me to do any amount of writing, there would need to be positive results – feedback and encouragement from others. I tend to get into my own head so my own feedback wouldn’t be the right kind.
Perhaps this month long challenge will get me moving in the “write” direction!
If you have any suggestions or feedback, I’m quite receptive. What do YOU do to eliminate writing roadblocks?
