‘This must be Thursday,’ said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. ‘I never could get the hang of Thursdays.’
Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Is it boring to write about the day of the week? Probably.
Am I doing it anyway? Yep.
Well, kinda.
Thursdays are always a bit weird for me. A kind of reckoning about how well my to do list matched my capacity this week and then a reset of priorities for Friday.
Not an exciting thing to talk about and it would definitely be a short post.
A boring and short post.
BUT!
Sometimes you have to let yourself be boring so you can build a habit.
Creative practices, like drawing or writing or blogging get easier the more frequently you do them.
If you stop for a while, you tend to fall into the trap of thinking that you need to create something good or interesting in order to make the practice worthwhile.
The truth is, though, that if you take away the pressure to be good or interesting, you are more likely to be able to create often. When you create often, it is easier (as I mentioned above) and, oddly enough, you are more likely to create something interesting or good.
For an interesting story (stories) about that fact, visit Austin Kleon’s blog.
So, since I want this kind of writing to be easier, and (eventually) interesting, I’m going to just plug away at it, even if I’m boring sometimes.
