To write or not to write?

Writing on Instagram was where I started almost three years ago. It was easy and immediate. If someone wanted to comment, then sometimes there was a conversation.

Last night, though, I suddenly thought about stopping writing on IG. Was I feeling uninspired? Or was it more the lack of engagement? To be honest, I don’t try to get followers. If I did, then I would probably tell my family and friends that I have a page. But I don’t 🤫

And while pondering the stopping or pausing, and the future of my writing life, I scrolled through old emails and found WP blogs I’d subscribed to with posts on just these topics. Where to write. To blog or not. What to do when you feel like deleting it all …

Then, when I clicked to read more, well, there was no more. The author of the website and the articles had done just that. Deleted their site!

I guess I’m taking some time today to think about my writing because i probably need a change. I’ve been posting most days for almost three years, stopping just once on IG. Now, though, I’m wondering about the ‘why’ of it all. Yes, I like to write. It’s a creative outlet. The usual things.

But something needs to shift and I’m not sure what. Maybe it’s where I’m putting my writing? I’m thinking about where else it should be. Or where it might be. About possibilities.

I know why I started writing on Instagram. Yes, that’s the Soultree part of the story. If you know, you know. 😉 But I’m not really sure why I’m still writing there.

Because Instagram isn’t really about writing, is it? But it is about connection, and it is nice to have words that I’ve written, actually read by someone. Even if it’s only a few people. Otherwise, I may as well be talking to myself!

Anyway, in thinking about ‘next steps’, I took another look at this blog. I started it a couple of years ago but haven’t kept it up. It already has some pieces published. And I have heaps of ‘drafts.’ As you do 😉😂

What I’m also thinking is that blogging isn’t really the same as simply sharing your writing. I mean, if you blog about something, it should be what other people are interested in. But I just write what I like. Self-indulgent much?

Anyway, I will make a start on updating the site and take it from there. Not so much a relaunch, as a resumption.

And another small next step on my painfully slow and very cautious journey with writing.