How to Keep Writing

I sit here and look at my blank blog page under my title "how to keep writing".

It's an ironic moment for me. I am subject to the procrastination bug--the I haven't written in weeks grief--the what do I have to say--how will I say it--questions and feelings that jump in the way and tell me over and over again that it's not worth it.

One of the hardest things to realize is that these voices aren't other people, they're me. They are me making stories that keep me from writing and questioning the badassery that I am.

This has been one of the hardest things to overcome and to put down in my life. These voices that tell me--this me voice that tells me that I can't win so why even try. 

I read an article today about how to keep writing even when you don't feel like it and the suggestions are good. 

The author suggests that you set yourself up for success by finding a dedicated creative space, by making it your job, by deep breathing and walk taking, by hanging out with other writers, and by feeling your grief over it. 

Every single one of these suggestions has to do with DOING something. You put yourself in a creative space. You put conditions that require it to happen, you move and breath and remind your body that you're still there, you surround yourself with people who also make it happen and when all else fails you sit in it and let yourself grieve. You let yourself feel the feelings so that you can go on. 

Doing something is the only way to quiet the voices.

Doing something is the only way to shut them up.

Somehow when you are actively pursuing something, you can let go because you're holding on somewhere else. 

Does that make you invulnerable? No, it makes you active. It puts you step by step closer to finishing a dream. 

So find a place, make some time, find a friend, and do it. 

Write it, make it, build it, and let yourself love it because you're worth it. I'm worth it. Life is worth it. Art is worth it.