Learning to blog with doubt
I’m in the process of moving my scattered blog posts into this “new” home of mine. Some of the oldest ones were written a few years ago.
I’ve never had a specific theme for my writing, even though it often tends to revolve around creativity and everyday experiences. While going through the old posts, I noticed one topic that kept coming back:
My blogging doubts.
There were doubts about writing in English, uncertainty about which platform to use, and even thoughts about quitting blogging altogether.
Seeing these recurring posts over a longer period of time made me realize something:
My doubts will never go away.
By now, I’ve tried everything to make them disappear. I’ve blogged in both Swedish and English, written often and rarely, long and short, tested just about every platform out there, and even quit completely — still, no change.
Seeing all this right before my eyes also made me realize something else:
It’s ok. It’s not the end of the world to live with blogging doubts. It’s only when I think those thoughts shouldn’t be there that it feels like a problem.
By simply accepting the doubts, the “problem” is gone.