Dear Rule-breakers, First of all, I just want to say that I am so proud of us! Yes, I am still proud of you even if you’ve already “failed” on your resolutions or if you’ve “fallen off track” from meeting your goals. Life is hard enough without carrying the shame from all that. We’re still here, and that is something to celebrate! I am so happy that you are here!
I want to say "Hear, hear!" a thousand times to all of this! I've been reminding myself of these same things recently, and it's just so helpful to hear that all the "rules" (which are not only arbitrary but usually in service to an algorithm, not other humans or ourselves) drain others, too!
Sure, it can be helpful to have a "plan" to keep us writing, but if the "plan" is getting in the way, it's time to rethink it. There's something to be said for writing the things that *call* to us to write them rather than writing because we "have to," and I think the writing (or painting, or music, or whatever we're creating) tends to be better when it comes from that place of "I NEED to write this" instead.
I want to say "Hear, hear!" a thousand times to all of this! I've been reminding myself of these same things recently, and it's just so helpful to hear that all the "rules" (which are not only arbitrary but usually in service to an algorithm, not other humans or ourselves) drain others, too!
Sure, it can be helpful to have a "plan" to keep us writing, but if the "plan" is getting in the way, it's time to rethink it. There's something to be said for writing the things that *call* to us to write them rather than writing because we "have to," and I think the writing (or painting, or music, or whatever we're creating) tends to be better when it comes from that place of "I NEED to write this" instead.
Yes!! Exactly! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.