The Creation Myth
/I'm now over 50 consecutive days of publishing a blog on here. I still have over 300 to go to complete my commitment of blogging every day this year.
In theory, the best practice would be to batch the blogs -- meaning, I'd always have several in the can, ready to go, each day, so if I get in a pinch, all I need to do is hit "publish" and BAM, I got a blog posted.
But, I'm not there yet.
I'm still, almost everyday, writing the day's blog on the day itself. I've learned that it's best to make this the first thing I do when I wake up that way it's done and doesn't weigh on me the rest of the day.
At least half the time I wake up with a topic or story in mind. But other days, like today, I am a blank slate.
There's a fear-excitement in this process. The fear is that "I won't have anything [good] to share." The excitement is that I just may surprise myself.
Moving through the fear to celebrate the excitement is part of the goal of this practice. In any creative endeavor, we must face this juxtaposition of emotions.
Plus, each day I prove to myself that "not having anything to share" is a myth.
Notice how I left the word "good" out of that phrase ... this is also about proving that creating something "good" is not even the point. It's about creating something. The value of the creation is left up to the one reading it, not me.
You tell me:
Do you tend to tel yourself that you "don't have anything to write/create/share"?
What is a simple challenge you could create for yourself to prove yourself wrong?
