I started this blog with lofty goals. I created one post and then went missing for 5 years. There were a lot of mental blocks and fears I faced with blogging.
#1. I felt that I did not have anything interesting to say.
#2. My goal was to make a positive impact on people’s lives. This goal felt ridiculous. How could I talk about positive impacts when I struggled myself to be a better person?
#3. I love reading books. I thought I would write about the books I read and the insights I gained. I did not feel good about this strategy. What is the point of writing about a book when I did not apply any lessons from the book? I also realized that I did not have any insights of my own. What value could I provide by regurgitating insights from books?
#4. When I looked at myself, I felt like a hamster running on a wheel. I was “busy” with possibly no progress to show for it. What advice could I give anyone
#5. There is a part of me that wants to be a teacher. What could a person who is struggling himself teach others?
Why write this blog post? Seth Godin was the nudge. He highly recommends that everyone have a blog and they blog daily.
Even this blog post took a lot out of me. I got confused figuring out the right way to re-start. There were multiple questions swirling in my head. Can I write about diverse topics or should I pick a niche? What is my purpose for blogging? Is it to attract an audience? Or to feel special? I kept going in circles – and the result was zero blog posts.
I then had a realization. Why am I making this complicated? Who is going to read this blog anyway? Why put all this pressure on myself? Why can’t I just write?
And that’s what I intend to do. Take one step at a time. Write one post a day. Share what I know. And to not let my inner critic and the fear stop me.