Writing

Prompt 2: Writing

What do you do each day that doesn't contribute to your writing -- and can you eliminate it?
(Author: Leo Babauta)


What an interesting question. I never would have thought about this on my own, but I suppose that's what these prompts are for!

Before I started seriously blogging, the only things I wrote were either papers for school or entries in my journal. When I was still in high school, I used to write in my journal all the time - almost every detail of my life at that point is recorded in it. The older I got, the less I was writing in it, and when I did, it was only about the bad things going on in my life. Unfortunately, I still have that tendency, so much so that my fiancé even brought it up to me the other day. He knows I'm upset when he finds me writing in my journal.. it's that bad. If someone were to go through it, they would think that I'm the most miserable person ever, and I hate that. I remember making a point to write down that I got engaged, so I could at least remember it in words as well as in my mind.

I suppose that negativity is a reflection of the way my mind works. I tend to worry, I go through bouts of anxiety, and I often find myself focusing on the negatives instead of all the positives surrounding me. I am actively working to change this general mindset - and blogging is one way of doing it. I try to keep my blog fairly light, in part because I put all the heavier stuff in my journal, and I really don't want to splash it around on the interwebs.

So, to answer the question, I think know that I focus too much on the negatives, and, as I like to say, "set myself up for disappointment." Not a great way to go about life, you know? So I am doing my best to eliminate that way of thinking. It definitely helps that I finally feel truly satisfied and happy with my life and the way things are going. And I think that it is starting to reflect in my writing, as well. Maybe I'll write about this in my journal tonite!!