Another “should-do” job? Let me guess: You’re busy. You don’t have the time. The moment you leave work, it’s all systems go with the kids until you doze off in front of the 10 o’clock news. But what if there’s a better way?
What if you could be doing something important for you and your personal goals too – instead of crashing out because you’re spending all your out-of-work hours putting other people’s needs first? Because that’s work too. And don’t you know it!
So, here’s a question: If you were doing more of what you wanted, focusing on your own personal needs, your personal growth, all the things that make your eyes shine, how different would your non-paid hours look?
People often have a love-hate relationship to writing or the prospect of writing. It’s arguably rooted in our often rigid educational experience, daily homework obligations that seemed to bear no relevance to our personal interests, dreams and career plans.
I remember maths teachers penalising us for writing down answers without sufficient calculation proof. I remember drafting character, setting and plot essays for books I was forced to read because someone had decided I should be influenced by these specifically, rather than ones of my own choosing whose themes I related to.
So yes, I’m a writer who truly wrestled with the restrictiveness of English lessons.
Maybe you find that odd. But I do wonder how differently I may have felt, had there been more choice, how much more motivated many of us would have been to both explore thoughts and feelings through language, had the act of writing been connected to topics we could identify with? To something mirroring to our individual experiences, our very personal growth and development?
You can see where I’m going with this because it’s time to reset the clock and adjust that warped, one-sided perception of writing. Because it changes the moment you make it about you. And if you think about it, the only kind of writing you really need to care about concerns you.
Your current state matters. It signals how you need to proceed in order to be happy. So, take time out at the end of the day, process what has happened, everything and -one you’ve experienced. Reflect on what you’ve learned or what you’d like to learn, change or achieve, and I’d be willing to bet you’ll not only see writing in a different light, but the way you live your life.
Get in touch with me at Freeflow Coaching and set your thoughts free.
