You want to write but you don’t. So what’s holding you back? Lack of time. Mental space. Mindset. Have nothing to write about. Noone to read it. But the premise is, “you want to write but you don’t”. Don’t let trivial things get in the way of what you want to do.
If we’re honest with ourselves, these end up being excuses, for what’s really at stake. Fear of judgment, of our writing being, good, bad, stupid, great, amazing, awful, popular, ignored… rejected. And ultimately it becomes a risk-reward question, is risking my self-preservation worth the time, effort and energy? A lot of the times people conclude the answer is “no”. But gosh, how many times is something authentic, open, relevant and meaningful hidden just behind that “no”.
So look, if you want to write but you don’t. And any of those excuses sound similar. The cliche is “stop making excuses and just do it”. But really the answer is, stop judging yourself and be free. It’s not good or bad, stupid or great, amazing or awful, popular or ignored, accepted or rejected. Your writing will be what it is. The goal isn’t to write something great or not be bad. The goal is to write something authentic, and writing with the risk of vulnerability at the exposure of being “judged”, writing free from those judgments is where we find that authenticity.