🐼 Is it time to turn off and go down?
This human world doesn't feel suitable.
Heyaa,
You know, for the last six years in freelancing, Sunday has been my most productive day of the week. Not every Sunday, but usually.
I would read books, watch movies, work on client projects, take care of my side projects. All in a day.
I would even have a praise-worthy social media activity. Praise-worthy, because I would make friends or learn a few things here and there.
Things started changing last year. I lost the zeal to learn new things. No, actually, I lost the zeal to work on my writing skills. Yes, that.
Writing became a regular activity. And social media presence became routine. People were showing up and showing off. I was marking my public attendance in the name of consistency.
That’s when I lost my enthusiasm. There was nothing new to learn. It’s like this is enough about writing, even if there is plenty of room to explore.
It’s like: OK, this tops my writing “expertise.” I don’t want to get any better.
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OK, back to my story…
It was when I was losing my enthusiasm for writing, I felt like the time to switch. Time to switch to something else more interesting than writing. Or to something that requires less of writing.
I’m an explorer, you know. Not Dora the explorer kind, but someone who wants to keep trying new things. Even my personality type is ISFP type (Adventurer).
“I change during the course of a day. I wake, and I’m one person; and when I go to sleep, I know for certain I’m somebody else.” - Bob Dylan
That’s what I feel I am. That quote embodies me.
And with the growing connection to the human world, I ceased to exist. I was losing myself. Is it time to turn off and go down? Down the hole and hibernate?
I did try to grow into a new being. But the work pressure kept me tied to writing for most of the time. Work pressure… that’s what derails most dreams, no?
But I don’t want to stick to only writing.
For the past 6 years, I’ve been writing, regularly writing. Yes, I like writing. In fact, it’s my fav means of communication.
But I don't want to design my world around my writing. It should be only a part of me.
And this weekend, I decided to take a break from writing and try something else. A break not only from work, but writing altogether.
Did two quick client projects on Saturday, Did some reading; can’t get rid of that. It’s the “most dangerous addiction of all,” as Duchess (from The Lincoln Highway) says.
And on Sunday, I did absolutely nothing… absolutely nothing productive.
Read a bit and spent 8-9 hours binging web series. Just like a normal Sunday should be.
It wasn’t a bad day. I got some rest. And as I’m writing this on a Monday morning, I’ve got my urge to blog back-to-back, back.
And that’s all for today.
Bidding adieu.
Live long and prosper.
See you next week, with another story.