Today is the first day I sat down to blog and just couldn’t do it. Two and half weeks in isn’t bad, and I knew this point would come. Blogging every day isn’t easy.
But this is part of the growth. Writing when you don’t want to. Keeping the momentum going. Keeping the streak alive. What’s the saying? 21 days to form a habit, 90 days to form a lifestyle? That might not be correct, but you get the idea.
I’ve been obsessed with Rick Rubin lately — how have I not listened to this guy talk before? He brings up how important the ‘doing’ is in art and creativity. Let the creativity flow from the universe through you. Staring at the blank page is just part of the process.
Steven Pressfield reiterates this in The War of Art. The sitting down and facing the blank canvas is just part of the process. Staring at it for hours is OK. It’s the getting yourself to move over to the chair, sit down, and face it over and over and over that is the creative process.
It feels like we don’t have anything to say, but we always do. Look at the amount of information overload going on in contemporary life. Social media, news, YouTube, ads, billboards, bumper stickers, road signs, phone calls, notification sounds, vibrating phones, more ads, video calls, radio, music, more ads, Duolingo notifications, knocks on the door, car horns…
Input overload.
The noise can be deafening. Especially when you want to just start writing about a single thing. It’s not that we don’t have anything to say, it’s our brain is struggling to pick one thing.
And just like that, I have today’s post.
August 19, 2025
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