Introduction
Ever since 6th standard, all I’ve been told by my teachers about my english essays, that they are really good. With that motivation I started writing poems and even more essays… During 7th grade, instead of paying attention in class, I was busy writing poems in my notebook, maybe that why I barely passed 7th standard.
But then the pandemic began and my writing habits disappeared as I got addicted to games and short form content. I still had some creative habits like drawing. But they were mostly non-existant.
Last year, one of my uncles told me that I should start blogging. At that time I had barely any knowledge on blogging so I started a blog on Tech related topics. I was not really passionate about it, and it showed. I posted 6 blogs in 2 months, then completely gave up.
How blogging has changed me
I recently was feeling down and I had no creative output to channel that misery into, as I had just come off a 2 month long drawing hyperfocus. So I talked to my mom, and I made this website. At first I did not expect for this to continue as long as it has. I thought it will be another one of my not-completed projects. Just like several others in my life.
But this is one of the rare occasions, where 2 months have passed and I still have ideas for new things every few days. I don’t know if I have suddenly become proficient in the art of articulating. But I’m surely more confident about my writing abilities
These 2 months have made me more creative I feel, I have again began writing poems (I’m scared to upload them incase no one reads it). I have been writing very thought provoking essays as told to me by some of my readers (my moms friends and some of my friends).
I am also trying to detach myself from social media and the idea of being constantly stimulated with short form content which in the end tires me. I have been constantly trying to reduce my screen-time but to no avail. Maybe I really need to delete Instagram lol.
Conclusion
I wrote this blog as a note to my future self to see if he ever gets burnt out and does not want to continue this…. I’ll only ask him to take a short break and focus on his other hobbies a bit and then come back and continue sailing this ship.
My only recommendation to you reader, is to write, draw, sing, or perform any artform you can think of. Express yourself. We are humans, our ancestors made up stories from their life experiences, They painted on the walls of caves with stuff like blood of the animal they ate that night…. Or whatever else way they could have painted it.
We humans are social creatures, but we also cannot express our pains, our happiness, our joy, our grief in words alone. Sometimes other humans cannot understand them like that. But what they can understand is if it was made in an artform. You don’t have to be good. Look at me, I’m not good, I’m barely average compared to an English speaking teenager. What matters is that you work hard on your art form and make it so that when another human sees it, they are left with a thirst to get to know you more. That’s all that matters dear reader. As famously said by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society, ” We don’t read and write poetry because it is cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion”
Wow, that was a long paragraph…. Sorry about that, but that is all.
Thank You <3
Do read my other blogs:
The Beauty of Life: Embracing the Journey
Embracing the Journey: The Fallacy of Quick Purpose Discovery
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