Re: Wanting to Write More
In his post Wanting to Write More, Joshua Maynard explains that he has a hard time writing more. He says:
The site is just about where I realistically want it to be, so it's time to start posting and I feel like I have nothing - I do have nothing.
I totally understand that feeling of not having anything to write. I have it too, very often, and have written about it several times in posts like Nothing new to write.
It's always hard to come up with good advice since we're all unique in our own different ways. But reading Joshua's post from my personal experience and point of view, this is the one thing I would reconsider:
I think I'm going to spend the next few days seriously thinking about what I want to say, hopefully I've got something of a list or plan for the blog in the coming days.
It's so easy to get stuck doing that. It feels like we're doing some good, solid and important work. In reality, though, we're just postponing the real work of actually publishing something.
It's also very common that the ideas that felt great in theory don't feel that good in reality. A design that looks off in context, drafted thoughts that feel outdated. I recently touched on this in the post Your blog won't explode:
Are you sitting on drafts or mockups waiting to go live, "just need a little polish"? Put them out there!
Your blog won't explode if you do, but your head might if you don't.
That's my take. Hitting the publish button without giving it too much thought. It's always possible to go back and edit, add or remove stuff.
If you haven't read Joshua's post yet, I recommend you do. I'm sure many of you, just like me, recognize yourselves in what he writes. That’s one of the many beautiful and powerful things about blogging, the growth and development that comes with seeing ourselves in others.
Keep on blogging! I mean it.
This post joins JulyReply 2026.