What does writing each day do to you

Day 291 / 366

I sat down to write today’s blog about an hour ago. I have started an abandoned 3 blogs already. It’s just one of those days where I can’t seem to be able to write a blog to save my life.

It’s tough to write a blog each day even though I know that not many people would read this blog. I also know that it won’t matter if I write a shitty blog. No one would care. I could just write something on a topic I wrote back in 2019 and no one would even know. Yet, I am unable to write a blog today. So I do the next best thing, I write about the struggles of writing a blog.

Writing and Reading are symbiotic activities. You can’t write well if you are not a reader, and vice versa. I have been so caught up in work lately that I have not gotten time to read at all. Hence, I am unable to write a good blog. Things were simpler when I did this in 2019. I consumed a lot of content. I was also reading a book each week, so I never had a shortage of stuff to write. This is not the case anymore.

At times, writing becomes stressful. Because I cannot miss a day, or the challenge means nothing. Self-doubt starts to creep in. Is it even worth it? Should I just give up after 290 blogs? Should I not be worrying about more important stuff, like my career?

So far, I have fought through these thoughts whenever they have come, and I have managed to not skip a day. I know that today is not the greatest, and hence I am complaining. But there are good days as well. There are days when I write with a passion. When the blog is all written inside my head even before I start my laptop. Those are the days that make it all worth it.