Why I’m challenging myself to write more

I have a new challenge for this year. I want to write more and to give it some concrete metrics as well, I intend to publish a blog post every month since now. I already started at the beginning of January writing about my favorite books read in 2018 on Medium.

Why write? I think writing is one of the best things we can do to ourselves to develop and process thoughts. Whether it is writing a thesis or writing a personal diary, clarifying thoughts has proven to be beneficial. I also strongly feel that every one of us has important stories to share.

Why publish writings?  When I was in high school, I was terrified that at school teachers told you just needed to find your thing, one career to pursue. It felt so restricting and I had no idea how to choose of all possibilities. I was anxious about it until one day I found a blog post on the Internet. It explained how there are many people out there who are extremely curious and interested in multiple things. It explained how society often pushes us to choose one career but that doesn’t necessarily work for all people. It explained how it might be possible to combine multiple interests.

Back then I was young, living in a small town without much understanding of anything yet. Finding this piece was liberating. Since then, life has led me to get to do multidisciplinary studies and work has allowed me to combine multiple interests. Thank you, the blogosphere of the Internet and all the writers sharing your thoughts. So, just write and read and then write more and write it to be good enough so you can publish it.