To Start the Momentum

This is my 7th day of writing a blog daily. When I reactivated my blog in 2024, my intention was to keep this as a safe platform for me to write without any targets or expectations. I believed that was the right decision, since I don’t want to force myself into making something. But I have a new perspective after I read Hwang Bo-Reum’s Everyday I Read – although the book is about reading, it’s tied up to the writing activities as well. So, to live up to my full potential, regardless of the outcome, I can keep writing every day, right?

Abundance Creative Juice

Writing a blog every day seems hard, and I feel like I would run out of topics I want to write about. But I decided to just give it a go, not thinking it too seriously. And you know what? This has become a nice addition to my night routine, along with reading a book and writing a journal. By not overthinking it, I can actually enjoy the writing process!

I can even feel the creative juice producing more juice. As my days go by, I casually drop topics and ideas into the draft and go with my day, and at the end of the day, I can just choose one or even come up with a completely new idea from what I had previously drafted. I used to believe that I had to write and publish the perfect blog post ever – and that actually is preventing me from keeping the momentum going.

Ignoring the Setbacks: Shit happens

Same with exercising: my mind tells me I can’t and that my body is tired, but once I start, I can just keep pushing. I just have to keep the momentum going. And what’s important, for me personally, is not to let one or two setbacks define you. Usually, I feel guilty when I skip a day of workouts and just label myself as not good and inconsistent. But the thing is to not let those bad days, when just shit happens in life, get you off track. I let myself went to the rabbit hole and circling in the guilt, whereas i should just brush it off and just continue where I’ve left it.

Posting a blog every day somehow has provided me with a clearer mind – I think because I did indeed have SO MANY things I want to share, but my other self prevented me and thinks that it would not be good enough to be shared. That is ridiculous, right? It’s like you have 2 different people inside my mind. I guess that is why they say that the battle is with yourself.

Do Not Believe Your Own Mind

These days, I wrote down ‘do not believe your mind’ in my journal. Because that is what has been happening to me. I can prove that my mind is lying by actually going out there and sharing my writing or by doing another set of exercises.

For example, I wrote this blog after I had already published a post for the day (yesterday), but I had this idea, and at first I just planned to write down some key points and an outline, but in the end I just couldn’t stop writing hahaha. Grammatical errors and typos are everywhere, but who cares? The first step of writing is to get it out. Editing is a separate process from that (and I did that today).

This also goes for reading books. When I was in a reading slump, I would just stop, and for some reason, it’s really hard to pick up a book and just read. But once I gathered my intention and actually started reading, I just couldn’t stop. My mind is just so weird, really.

A little bit off topic, but I also realise that instead of focusing on reducing my screen time, it’s more helpful for me to find other activities that naturally lower it. For active activities like writing, I prefer not to listen to any background music. However, when I am doing something with my hands, like sculpting clay, making pipe-cleaner artwork, or just doodling, I enjoy background music or even my comfort TV shows.

How do we maintain the momentum?

But the next question is: once we gain momentum, how do we maintain it? I think this will be question for another day hahaha but I’ve read the atomic habits and i can share some from the book. That book has many practical guidelines and tips that are actually applicable in my life. But as I mentioned previously, to understand that life comes in waves. In short, the key is to not take life too seriously, really.