#224 What a burden

Writing isn’t hard. Writing every day is – until it isn’t anymore.

That’s when writing becomes hard.

Build the habit, then you get a shot at building the skill.

Thinking about writing makes the writing harder.

Dreaming about writing makes the writing harder.

Planning my writing sessions makes the writing harder.

But writing… that makes the writing easier.

Because most things become easier when you actually do them instead of just think about them.

We’re not able to see almost everything in life and are blind to only a couple of things.

We’re blind to almost everything in life and are able to see only a couple of things.

And of the things we are able to see, we (consciously or subconsciously) focus on an even smaller subset, and then turn a blind eye to the rest.

To live a creative life, there’s no need to create anything new.

Open your eyes, prick up your ears, smell the air, and feel the earth beneath your feet.

Then open your heart, taste your thoughts, sense subtle shifts, and heed the voice in your head.

When you marry your inner and outer world
insights unfurl.