Have you been blogging for a while? Maybe some of you have, and most of you probably would have experienced writer’s block at one point or another.
But the scarcity of my posts lately point to a whole different sort of problem. See, I have a whole set of things in my mind that I want to write about, but whenever I think about them, I always dismiss the topics as “too shallow.”
It’s not because I’m afraid nobody will care about what I wrote. On the contrary, it’s because I’m afraid that I won’t care about what I wrote.
When you’ve written a lot of “heavy” material already, you get addicted to the feeling of accomplishment. That’s when you experience something much worse than a writer’s block. That’s when you start getting profundity addiction.
Profundity addiction? Yes, you know what I mean. That constant nagging feeling that I get when I start writing something and then find that my thoughts aren’t profound enough that I just delete the draft afterwards. That unjust self-deprecating feeling of looking at an article or blog post you just wrote with the feeling of “it’s not good enough.” Unfortunately, doing this over and over, all I ever get is a pile of drafts in my WordPress “Write” dashboard, rotting to irrelevancy with the topics getting outdated, all the while not having posts for one to have a blog that is updated enough to even have one post a week.
Ironically one of the tenets that I have always reminded myself is to “write to express, not to impress.” While not really caring about impressing others, the frustration of not being to impress myself has taken its toll on my blog, and on myself.
I have to get hold of my nitpicking my own writing, to be able to write more regularly. Good luck to me. :p
7 responses so far ↓
1 Karen Halls // Feb 14, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I found your site on google blog search and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. Just added your RSS feed to my feed reader. Look forward to reading more from you.
Karen Halls
2 Prudence // Feb 15, 2008 at 2:42 pm
You don’t have to push yourself to write often. Blog when you feel like it, that’s all. If you find that you’re more satisfied with yourself after blogging profoundly about a topic, instead of just posting a rant, then by all means, do so! Each to his own.
3 Jon Limjap // Feb 18, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Ah, thanks Prudence. That makes me feel a little better.
4 Sidney // Feb 20, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Be careful this is a clear sign that you might be manic depressive…
Maybe it is time to switch to photography.
I hope this also made you feel a little better …
5 Jon Limjap // Feb 22, 2008 at 12:44 am
Hahaha, Sidney. How can I feel a little better when you told me that I’m manic depressive
Question: where do you host your images?
6 Sidney // Feb 22, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Typepad… they have different subscription plans…from basic to pro.
It is not really cheap.
http://www.typepad.com/pricing/
I also try to maintain a presence in Flickr. Also not free if you want enough space.
7 daguldol tarakatac iii // Feb 23, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Sometimes it is possible to to be profound by not appearing to be.
Intellect surfaces even in the “shallowest” of moments if it is there to begin with.
Profundity need not be heavy …
The spontaneity of lightness may in itself be profound.
Don’t burn yourself out …
Enjoy
You have a beautiful mind.
Those of us who follow your journey of thought will always know
daguldol
Leave a Comment