Why Practicing Writing Everyday Is So Difficult (Part 1)

I remember when I first started blogging in 2012 I thought to myself, “there is no way that I’m going to be able to write about something every day.”
One of my prevailing thoughts was that there was not enough excitement in my life worth writing. To me, nothing was interesting about the life of a high school freshman.

It took me a long time to hear what this phenomenon is by a sociology professor, but about a year into writing, I realized that there is always something to be said. The fact of the matter is that we don’t deem it to be.
Mass media has altered our perception of what constitutes vital information. What gets covered in the news? Mass shootings, war, murder, natural disasters, the whole gambit of level 10 “terrible tragedies that happen in the world.” What you don’t hear about are level 1 news stories: the new animal shelter building, the little boy who gave cookies to his neighbor, a girl winning her schools’ science fair.

The concept is, when you are bombarded with level 10 information all the time, that is all you think is going on in the world, and all the other news is not worthy enough to get coverage. This mentality trickles down to everyday conversations with others. If someone asks what you’ve been up to, if you don’t tell them some wildly extravagant story then nothing has been going on with your life. That is not true! Most of our lives consist of those “small victories” people speak. Sure, I might have not done a marathon recently Mark, but I did swan dive to save my quesadilla, which by the way, was delicious.

If you want to write about how the walk you took today was a good one or a bad one, then write about it. You are the main character. Now start writing.