Okay, let's see if this works

An experiment in writing

I haven't been active on my personal blog recently. As my subscriber count has slowly grown (still only a paltry 223 subscribers), I've developed a hesitation towards publishing.

I feel slightly puzzled (although honoured ) when people sign-up. I, for one, don't like receiving emails, so I hardly ever subscribe to mailing lists. And what I dislike even more is getting emails that I’ve unsubscribed from. It makes me anxious that I might do something that annoys someone else.

That’s admittedly a terrible point of departure. Starting on the defensive, anticipating that things will go wrong, is a psychological ball-and-chain. Or maybe a wall that I’m building between myself and creative expression.

I won’t go into the underlying problem here of needing to be liked, or perhaps not backing myself slash not being assertive enough. Instead, I’ll run an experiment where I explore more of my thoughts on another platform, with the disclaimer that there will be more unfiltered, half-baked, and actually completely unbaked thoughts.

So this is an avenue where I’ll write with a bit more freedom, about whatever comes to mind; a conscious opportunity at less self-sabotage I mean self-censoring.

Let’s see how it goes.

Graphics courtesy of Midjourney: ‘a writing experiment trying to find creative freedom across a range of ideas, from nature and well-being to professional life’