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On The Important Skill of Letting Go
We need it for writing, meditation and living.
The blank page of the text editor overwhelms me with whiteness.
I have so much to say — but will I manage to say it all? Will the words come out as I want them to? Will I get into the flow in five minutes and spend the next few hours writing effortlessly? Or is it one of those days when I have to struggle through every single sentence, asking myself whether I am even serious to call myself a writer?
I never know. But it is time to see through the struggle. It is time to ditch the ideas of curation, claps and views as the main signals of “success.” Everyone says it, but it is not until I exercise the new mindset myself that I can say I understand what it is about.
The new mindset prioritizes letting go. In my opinion — one of the fundamental skills for a writer.
This post is already the sixth of my 30-day writing + publishing challenge on Medium. This means I am already 20% into the process, which is a sign I am really doing it.
My usual quitting timeframe would be day 3 or 4. Now I already have enough consecutive days accumulated to feel a hit of dopamine each time I publish the next one. And the next one. And the next — all the way until 30.
