New Blog
Hi there,
It has been quite some time since the first time I thought about starting a blog. I was motivated to hear what other people thought of what’s going on in my mind. After writing a couple of stories, I asked my close friends and family for feedback, which I incorporated back iteratively. The result was something entirely different from what I had started, with my thoughts moulded into an unfamiliar structure. While this version would probably help me reach out to a large audience, maybe even get published in decent publications, I became so lost in the iterative feedback process that I never really got to find my writing drive.
Why do I want to write?
It was a pretty hard question to answer at first. In all probability, I was merely just looking to validate my thoughts, making myself feel intellectually stimulated. But all this was under one fatal assumption: I was aware of my thoughts. A late night conversation recently helped me appreciate how complex our brain is. With an unfathomable amount of connections, our neurons govern what we think and do, and yet how they operate is not commonly known. There is an unimaginable amount of activity happening in our mind at each moment. Juggling thoughts and keeping track of how they are developing is very laborious. According to a Harvard Study, humans tend to spend ~47% of their waking hours thinking about something other than what they are doing. The idea that half our life times go away with us being lost in thought is kind of tragic, especially when there is so much we can do to truly understand our thoughts.
Here, I begin a journey, a personal yet public journey. The idea of actually seeing my thoughts and crafting them sequentially to construe a deeper meaning would hopefully bring me to a better understanding of myself. I want to find out what excites me, inspires me, and drives me.
What is different this time?
This time, it is more important for me to find what I want to talk about than getting appreciation from larger audiences. To keep me going with my busy undergrad schedule, I am going to publish a story as soon as I think I am done. This can mean publishing a story’s first draft if it feels complete, or taking days to understand how to connect my thoughts for a topic. By setting a lower bar (of meeting just personal expectations), I hope to cultivate a writing habit and, more importantly, an inwardly curious mindset.
I am glad that you have chosen to be a part of my journey. It will be a long one but I am confident to find light on the other side :)
