I'm leaving on vacation for a week in a few hours, and I'm trying to finish up a newsletter so I can schedule it to publish while I'm gone. I'm so close to finishing, but I've got so many things on my mind, it's not happened very quickly. I really don't want to be sitting here struggling, but I need to so I can keep my motivation up and not lose interest. Not necessarily writer's block, but definitely not wanting to write today.
I think there's a difference between writing for ourselves, and writing something you want to share with others. My readers have been kind to my 5 month old substack baby. Each Monday they read, like, comment faithfully. We have become friends, of a sort. And, even though I could take a 'vacation', I feel I owe it to them to share a weekly 'something' on kindness. Yes, there are times when I'm not feeling inspired, not thinking I can give them something worthwhile. But I keep publishing, once a week, as promised. Sometimes I learn that the things I think are the least worthwhile, are the ones they love the most. If I give myself permission to 'not write' this week, what's to keep that little habit from growing?
I'm leaving on vacation for a week in a few hours, and I'm trying to finish up a newsletter so I can schedule it to publish while I'm gone. I'm so close to finishing, but I've got so many things on my mind, it's not happened very quickly. I really don't want to be sitting here struggling, but I need to so I can keep my motivation up and not lose interest. Not necessarily writer's block, but definitely not wanting to write today.
So. . . if you're taking the day off, who wrote this essay? This is a very "meta" post!!
I admire you for not making writing a chore, that no matter what or how you are feeling you have to still write.
I think there's a difference between writing for ourselves, and writing something you want to share with others. My readers have been kind to my 5 month old substack baby. Each Monday they read, like, comment faithfully. We have become friends, of a sort. And, even though I could take a 'vacation', I feel I owe it to them to share a weekly 'something' on kindness. Yes, there are times when I'm not feeling inspired, not thinking I can give them something worthwhile. But I keep publishing, once a week, as promised. Sometimes I learn that the things I think are the least worthwhile, are the ones they love the most. If I give myself permission to 'not write' this week, what's to keep that little habit from growing?