Robert Birming

Writing with doubt

“I think many of my posts mainly are reminders to myself.”

I’ve included that sentence in two of the emails I replied to today.

And it’s true. I constantly need to remind myself why I’m blogging, and why not to hit the delete button.

Doubt has followed my blogging journey ever since I started over twenty years ago. It’s always there in the background, like endless scrolling, revealing new doubts every time I think I’ve finally reached the bottom.

So why even continue? What’s the deal? Why bother when it’s surrounded by so much resistance?

Because I don’t trust that guy.

I’ve listened to and followed that “friendly advice” more than once, and it has never felt good in the long run. It feels good for a couple of days, sometimes weeks or months, but I always end up coming back to blogging.

I’m sure I’ll fall for that voice in my head many more times. And I hope I’ll manage to crawl back up again and again.

So, as a reminder to myself and anyone this resonates with:

Keep on blogging!