Writing for Enjoyment Again…Go Figure
Sometimes it feels as if my personality has been sucked out of me when I write something. It hasn’t…but I realized I wasn’t enjoying writing like I once was. I remember when I first started a blog, I was so thrilled to have an outlet to write. I’ve always loved writing, and here was a blank slate for me to talk about whatever I wanted.
Just a short while later, I started getting paid to write stuff, and while it was cool to make some extra cash, over the course of time, it started to suck the personality and life out of what I was writing. It wasn’t the same as just writing for the enjoyment of it.
I started taking on more and more sites to make more money, and next thing you know – what was left was an — oh crap, I need to jot something down over here or over there…
blah…that sucks for both me and you
These days I still make money online, but I do it a little differently today. It doesn’t force me to write on 10 different sites a day on topics of no interest to me. I write what I want now, but I’m only starting to find my enjoyment again. It’s nice to write because I want to…not because I have a blank slate to fill by a certain time on a certain topic.
I hope you’ll explore with me again as I’m digging in to find my personality that seemed lost for quite a bit.
I can’t promise it will be a daily or weekly thing, but when I have something to say, I’ll say it and not because I have to, or because it’s the “topic” of the day, but because I want to. This is me again…because I want it to be.
…on that note…it’s nice to be back.
