Finding a Voice
May 31st, 2011
“I’ve been thinking a lot lately about where I’m at and what my next steps should be on this new path I’ve laid out before myself. A large part of my thought process recently has centered on my writing, how often I should post, what the overall tone should be, how transparent I should make myself, etc.”
While I love the act and art of writing, I’ve often held back out of feeling unsure of exactly what to say and whether it will be meaningful to anyone but myself. For a long time, I felt as if I needed to keep a publishing schedule for my weblog. I thought that every word had to convey some deeper meaning, or at the very least, shed some interesting light on myself as a designer, writer and creative. This created a large issue in that when I felt my posts did not live up to the high standards I’d set for myself, I would be internally critical because I was not hitting my goals.
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