Why I (have started to) Write

Death motivates me more than it should.

But, I’ve been around death more than others should as well — so it’s not unfounded.

The last thing I want to happen is to die with ideas left in my head. That’s of no use to anybody. I know all of my ideas won’t be home runs; most will be strike-outs and fly balls, some base hits, and I might even get a few RBIs. But I’m inspired by this quote from the Dalai Lama:

"Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality"

So share I will.

One limiting belief I held was that I’d run out of things to say. This is a ridiculous notion that I subconsciously believed in. By digging deeper to explain why I wasn’t writing, the fear of nothing to talk about seemed to link things together; the fear connected patterns in my past behaviors; the fear was holding me back.

What I’ve found is that the exact opposite is true. Increasing how much I write (and talk) has had an exponential positive growth in the number of ideas I have, a greater ability to link seemingly disparate concepts, and an opportunity to exercise these mental muscles that have atrophied from years of intentional neglect.

So this is why I have started to write. And to write frequently.

Originally posted at http://www.seanpatrickjohnpaulgeorgeringodoran.com