As a chronic over thinker, I find myself rethinking, rewording and then picking apart my writing once again.
Over thinking affects all areas of my life and when I'm writing I could spend an easy half hour rereading and changing around two or three sentences. Needless to say, this is a serious issue.
I also have an incessant habit of investigating out of the box concepts, ideas, videos, interviews...anything readily available on the web or in the library that generally questions life, its meaning, societal constructs, belief patters, history, conspiracies, sci-fi and everything in between. That can lead me to see the world differently than many people and leaves me with a lot to think about, alone!
In an attempt to break out of my over thinking and self depreciating habit I've decided to attack the issue head on with a writing challenge.
Starting today, with this blog, I will give myself a 20 minute max to write out whatever I chose for the day. I'm choosing to stand by my first draft! I'm not trying to totally disregard editing or the importance of the "Final Draft", I just want to break out of my compulsive second guessing.
I have seen so many posts and quotes from writers about the importance of creating a habit of writing daily, no matter what you decide to write about. Currently, I've hit a dull spot in the novel I've been working on... so naturally I'm distracting myself by starting a completely new project!
But with so many things to do daily - I, personally, work best with a schedule and commitments that keep my brain focused. Otherwise, I end up floating through my day from project to project never actually finishing anything.
I also am secretly hoping this might light a fire under my lazy butt and get me to start posting more consistently on here. I still want to take time to write great research articles with big topics, sources, stats and all that but a short personal blog a day may keep the motivation going in between my longer posts.
I made it through my first 20 min post! I'll be back at it tomorrow.
