Write What YOU Want To Write About.. Don't Let Anyone (or Anything) Else Stop You From Doing What You Want To Do

I've gone back and forth between doing this for about a couple months now, and have always told myself how this idea was stupid and that nobody would truly care about this kind of thing on here. I wanted to start a journal entry "series" on here for a while now where I just talk about literally anything I wanted to discuss in the moment. I constantly would push this idea out of my mind because I just felt like it's some dumb idea that shouldn't be on the internet.

But honestly.. why shouldn't I do this? I already treat my Vocal page as a mini blog for myself, so why can't I do this every now and again? I have no idea what I'd write about but I figured I may as well just let that come to me as I write each post. I mean, I probably won't be posting one of these every single day anyway, so why not just make some kind of journal entry for whenever I feel like sitting down at my computer, slap on a pair of headphones to zone the world out to some heading bopping tunes, and write down whatever it was I wanted to just get out onto a page.

Hell. It's not like I'm not already journaling my life away in person, anyway. What's the difference of doing it via the interwebs as well?

Hesitation When It Comes to Writing

If you're a writer, you've most likely lived through this feeling. Whether it's through a story you've gotten the plot idea for, or some article you began to write only to throw into the bottom of your drafts because you felt nobody would be interested in reading it, we've all been through this.

It's frustrating, don't get me wrong. It's completely frustrating and tends to throw a writer deep into that Writer's Block rabbit hole we all know so very well, but it's pretty normal. Trust me. Name one writer who's never been through this feeling before. Don't worry. I'll wait.

Let's be real. I just recently went through my own "writer's block" on this very page. For the last month, I couldn't find time to just sit down and write for Vocal. I still haven't a single clue as to why. I love writing, especially on this website. It feels... comforting. Writing, in a way, helps me feel as if I'm doing my late father proud. As he had dedicated his own life to his few blogs, even updating them when he didn't feel like doing so, I felt me keeping up with my very own blog would do him proud in some way or another. Hey. If he could be that dedicated to a blog that he couldn't make any money on, why can't I get just as dedicated to this page? At least Vocal gives you some kind of "reward" for posting to their site.

Being Connected and Staying That Way.

Feeling connected works in two separate ways;

1. Being able to remain connected to your writing. Without that connection, you may begin to feel as if you have no purpose in doing the hobby you've once loved to do.
2. But also, you want to figure out a way to connect with your readers through your writing. The connection a writer has with their readers can help the way they write in the long run.

That's mostly why I loved the idea of doing journal entries. Although I may not always create them, or even have them written up daily or weekly, I still like the idea of just sitting down and finding a way to have a conversation with the person reading. You. Doing these help me feel connected to you, as well as bring my own personation to my Vocal postings. Although I already do that a teensy bit when it comes to my own poetry.

I even encourage all of you to do the same. Talk to your audience. Talk to yourself. Whichever you feels may be able to help you find that connection to writing you've always admired. Never be afraid to do whatever it is that you love, no matter what anyone says about it. Be you. That's all you can do. Just be you.

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