Just about everything you've posted since I've been on here has flowed with what I've been feeling or thinking at the time. I don't put some special significance on that other than to think it's pretty neat. It's neat to hear similar thoughts said from someone else's perspective.
I've felt the same sense of pressure. Someone nominated me for a contest, I've had people asking about an intro post, a first blog post and such. Surely, only intended as curiosity or kindness, but it can register as pressure. You can allow yourself to feel pressured by it all. And I've put pressure on myself to think about what to write and to get it out there and written. Fast, not slow. Now, not later. But I've also made myself hold back and given myself time to think. That's been my reaction to this feeling, to step back and to give myself some time.
What activities do I do to spur creativity? Sometimes nothing more fancy than to wait. I just live. The thoughts, the ideas, they come from all directions. They come from unexpected places, even. And I've found over years of writing and communicating thoughts, that sometimes to wait is the best thing you can do for clarity of what you're trying to communicate. When you rush to get it out there fast you can miss important details, and it doesn't feel as good either. And maybe that discomfort translates to the reader too.
You keep seeming to refer to authenticity. A desire for authenticity. You don't want to force anything. You don't want to be contrived. You don't want to be fake. And you said it the best, "don't be". Just don't be. If it doesn't set right with you when you're doing it, then take a step back. That gut feeling is there for a reason, I think. But don't let that get confused with self-condemnation. The two can get tangled up where you mistake one for the other, and then you end up stressing yourself out with worry over the rightness of what you're doing.
Poignant and profound thoughts are called so for a reason. If we had them all the time then they wouldn't be. You're not going to have them all the time, and that's okay. I think you write very well. And I've genuinely enjoyed everything you've shared. I felt I've benefited from every bit of it so far. So keep it up? There's better to come. Those ideas just haven't reached you yet.
Thanks, I'm glad there are some people getting something out of my writing. I always like talking with people about this stuff, I think it's important. I would just say go at your own pace, commenting is totally fine and usually helps me get started writing anyways.
Waiting is the best, but what about when you have no time to wait? The pressure is literally on for me as I have @taskmaster4450 helping me out with some upvotes to build my account quickly. He decided to do that just because of watching me comment, which was awesome for me, but stressful somedays. Like you said, I don't want to force anything, so it has been pushing me, in a good way, but it's challenging.
I just try to get my profoundness out every once in a while :)
Thanks for the interest in my blog, I'm really glad you are enjoying it and getting something out of our convos!
Yeah, I really am. It's held my interest and motivated me to try as well. And I see, you're under the gun. Or maybe it's more you climbed inside a big ol' cannonball launcher. Sounds like. I'll be rooting for you. For my own safety, all I can do is watch. That's what your good task master told me, you'll have to take it up with him. You'll do fine. If what you've written already is any indicator, I think you'll do fine. (This is written terribly, but I'm tired so whatever.)
Lol thanks, I will do my best to keep up the pace haha
I hope so. That's a big honor to have someone care enough to support you like that.
Ya, I'm really grateful to him, totally awesome and unexpected since I was only on the site like two weeks!
I know. That is pretty amazetastic. I'm a little jealous, honestly. But it looks like you've really been putting the work into networking. You did it the smart way and it's paid off. And wow, I had no idea you were that new.
I try to network as much as I can but I kinda suck at it sometimes, some people are much better about using discord.
Ya I jumped on this in December, hadn't even heard of it til then