Merry Today!

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Lately, I’ve found myself struggling with my daily content writing. Not because I don’t have anything to write about, to me, anything can be content, but because I’ve been so busy that I almost disconnected from my source, and the impact was loud.

I would sit and stare at a blank page, willing the content in my head to form into words, then sentences, then paragraphs, but it would just slip away.

They say a writer's greatest fear is not writing. And for someone like me who doesn’t believe in writer’s block, this phase was tough. Why wouldn’t the words form? Why did I have to make such a conscious, deliberate, and intense effort to pen down my thoughts?

But this phase taught me something: nothing is simple. Within the idea of "simple" lies complexity. Right next to "easy" sits "tough" and "difficult." I used to say, “writing is easy, it’s just self-expression, the art of putting your thoughts into words.”

But that’s not entirely true. Just because it’s true for me doesn’t make it the truth. My ability to sit still and watch concepts and experiences form into structured words on a notepad isn’t generic, and I didn’t stumble into it either.

I can do this, set my heart to write, and then write, because I’ve become the kind of person who does so naturally. But that journey of becoming? It wasn’t a day’s job. So if I now turn around and say all it takes to write is “just focus”? That wouldn’t be true, would it?

I hadn’t really thought about it this way until recently. The point is: just because someone else makes something look easy doesn’t mean it is. Behind what people do are systems and structures that support them. Without those, the ability may not even exist.

Dearest reader, as I often say, I won’t write what I haven’t experienced, whether firsthand or not. I hope this helps you begin to see things not just for what they are, but through the lens of the design, effort, and structures that support them.

P.S. I’m out of that phase now. Just sharing.

@favvy_Okwans🖤.