JUST KEEP GOING
Finally! My second piece.
Who could have thought it? Me!
I mean, who else who have thought about it except I did. It was I who thought about the first one, in the first place. So, it only makes sense that I should be the one who thinks about the second one, too.
It’s been long coming, I was only being hesitant about what I would writing on next. And if you already read my first, you would see, clearly, that I’m the type to write freely. I mean, why not just go with the flow, rather than, you constantly going to war with your brain and pen, about what it is that pleases the masses, and gets you the numbers.
You a creative, and you should be free to create.
So, while I was doing that same battle most of you all do with your brain and pen, I decided to pause for a minute, and ask myself this question; “Why do you write?”. “Is it so you could appeal to the reader?”. “Or, is it so you could express yourself, freely, so that someone out there reading it, can relate to it, and see that they not alone.” And, the latter is the main reason why I write.
Now, something I would love to touch on is the fact about how hard it could get: “To Keep Going.” I mean, it is something that affects me too. The strength to keep doing something everyday can be very hard. It could be anything. Be it the daily workouts routines, the daily sending of job application mails, the daily posting of monologue videos, the daily calls you make to people asking for help to startup something, or the daily write-ups you need to do before you could be considered a serious writer. You define yours. Identify it.
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But, the questions lies not on what it is you have to do everyday, but why you have to do it everyday.
Why do you have to keep writing songs everyday?, why do you have to keep posting monologues everyday?, why do you have to keep applying for jobs everyday?, or why do you have to keep going to that gym everyday?. It is only when you can answer this why, you can fully know the reason you keep needing to show up everyday.
I, myself, had to answer these questions too. After my very first write-up on medium, I wasn’t really moved to write another the very next day. I kept on questioning myself if I really needed to. Can I continue?. Can I keep up?. Is this even the right place to showcase my skills, and grow as a person gifted with this ability?. Too many questions to answer, till it all started to form a wall, that I wasn’t willing to break or climb.
We constantly drown ourselves in so many self-doubting questions, that really don’t give us the right answers in the first place. And, that is why we see ourselves getting confused later on. That is why we need to ask ourselves the right questions. And the only one I feel is right, is the why you started in the first place. “Why are you learning to shoot a gun?.” “It’s because I want to kill someone.” You don’t need to lie about the reason to yourself. Just be honest with yourself about it.
Me giving an honest answer to why I write, is the reason why I am able to write again. I don’t care if I’m not making sense to the medium masses. I only care about the few people who read, understand, and relate to what I’m saying.
It is only when we honestly answer our why, we can then truly know why we need to “Just Keep Going.”
You can’t walk on a road if you don’t know it, cause you would get lost. So, first things first, pause, ask that real question, answer it honestly, then you would know if you should “just keep going” or “just stop”, and change directions.
P.S. I know how imperfect this note might be. The punctuation marks, paragraphs, and all other stuffs. But I don’t care. I know one thing one for sure is that, the more I write, the better I become.
So, go out there, and “just keep going.”
But, make sure you are sure of what it is you are going at first.
