the writing monster got me
I noticed I stopped blogging for a month when school started. Just yesterday I went back on some notes in my journal and realized the writing monster had gotten me.
Context: The Journal had notes about taking more time to edit, reread sentences, and other good processes for writing.
Writing monsters is the little demons in my mind that tell me I should edit or write better cause I stink. Although, at first I wanted to start producing better content clearer sentences, better ideas, better choice of words, and e.t.c. This slowly turned into a pit of avoidance of writing. Little by little I wrote less and less.
I blamed it on school. When school started I said, "Oh I'm busy with work" or "Hm it's just school which is why I stopped". But no, it was my problem. Letting myself make excuses to not write. Days passed and somehow a month had disappeared and my projects had made no progress. Everything is in my own hands. I need to see it through to the end if I want cool things done. No more slack.
The writing monster is universal. I usually place ________ Monster. My most common monsters are the food monster, productivity monster, and project monster. The constant monstrous thoughts in my mind stop me from doing things I want. My brain fighting against me. Every day a war is fought about who will win.
Today, the victor is me.