So, my last post on this blog was in July 2010. My word… How has the world profoundly changed since then. My personal life has changed quite a bit as well. I had experiences that now define me, I grew up quite a bit, changed my mind about a few things, learned more and on the other hand, still struggling to come to terms with what life is all about in general.
I’ve gained a lot along the way (here we are, 4 years later. How incredible!). I’ve lost somethings too. Recently, I got reminded of one of those things I’ve lost: being incredibly creative. I am still as creative as I used to be when it comes to my work. But that is not the kind of creativity I am referring to here. I am referring to the kind of creativity that would make me push boundaries, come up with innovative ideas but not just let them sit somewhere in the recesses of my mind. But rather, bring them into reality, learn along the way and then use what I learned during the process in my everyday life. More than that, get a chance to share those lessons with others through my writing. One of the reasons this may have happened would be fear. Fear of starting something and not finishing it. From not finishing it, fear of not feeling accomplished. It really is interesting to age. I seemed to get more scared of failures than just deciding to do things for the fun of it.
Today and the past few days I’ve been thinking of rekindling my creativity. But how would I be able to do this? It’s been so long. I then remembered that one of the things that got me to be creative was the process of sharing it with the world via my blog. It was with surprise that I found out that my blog still ran, after all these years. It felt amazing browsing through my previous articles and recognize the person who wrote them. I thought, what best way of bringing that creativity back other than restarting to write again. The blog was still there and I have access to better tools, better connectivity than I did back then. And I believe I’ve got a lot to share and learn along the way.
So I looked around, got myself a copy of ByWord as it would allow me to write without worrying or being distracted about clunky Blogger Web UI and post from within.
I guess this post is also a way of public accountability. When you write things down, mostly when you communicate things by writing, you’re held to your words by the potential readers. You know you’ve got to push through. And by doing so, you get to become better and more creative at the things you do.
I am quite glad to be back and I am looking forward to post stuff regularly again. The only difference going forward is that I probably would post about more than just technology, code and related topics. There is too much happening in life to constrain one-self to a specific set of topics. I am excited by this prospect to be honest. And I can’t wait to get started! :-)
May this be the beginning of many great things.
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