I am having trouble writing to this blog. I have so many part-written posts, but I’m not satisfied enough with them to actually finish them. I am a procrastinator and a perfectionist, but I am beginning to realise that if I persist in my procrastination and perfectionism I will never post. None of my previous posts were perfect – they didn’t say everything I wanted them to say, and they actually fell short of my expectations for them, but I posted them nonetheless, so why am I having problems now?
One worry I have is that my posts won’t be consistent, but I gave myself a good talking to, and I hope that I can now post more frequently because I will listen to my own good advice and just get on with it. Here is what I said to myself in my Journal:
Often in any blog I suspect that you will find posts that contradict other posts. This is not because the blogger has a bad memory or because they are unreliable. It is because they are learning as they write, and they are developing their ideas, and as they learn and develop they will find new ways of doing things. Rather than sticking with one way of doing things, you must be willing to try new things. Therefore, your posts may be inconsistent. In fact, you may even be inconsistent within a single post. This is okay, although it may be better to split it into separate posts, each offering a different point of view (assuming, of course, that you realise that there is an inconsistency). Different ideas work for different people in differing ways. Some people will find one way of doing things easier and better, and other people will find other ways better for them, and there are probably as many ways of doing things as there are people.
A blog of this nature is a growing, evolving thing. It cannot stay the same, however hard you try.