An Update on Writing!
Sebelumnya sudah tertulis di post saya yang sebelumnya bahwa saya akan menulis setiap hari, well it does happen. Tetapi, tulisan saya banyak yang tidak saya posting lagi karena, uh... I didn't feel confident enough to actually post it. This is actually my 14th piece of writing, since first i started it 14 days ago. That's actually a record since I have never actually committed in writing every day. Well, I write, tapi tidak sesering itu. Saya menjanjikan kepada diri sendiri untuk menulis 1 artikel besar setiap minggunya, dan well... I am posting that on every Friday. That book, The Power of Habit, actually kinda helped me a lot in forging new habit, even though i only have read it halfway. SEE IT'S MY FOURTEENTH DAY ON WRITING AND I GUESS THAT IS A GOOD GOING FOR ME! YAY!
How i feel after almost two weeks of writing? well, it is kinda hard. To be exact, it is a mind-bending experience. Ada saatnya dimana saya harus menulis sesuatu, out of nothing at all, and i ended up writing shit i've been through and how I felt at that point. That is actually the magic of writing, kamu selalu bisa menulis dari apapun. And I actually realize that toughts are not merely just thoughts, itu adalah sumber tulisan, and it is important.
Writing is like cooking, first of all you gotta prepare your ingredients, (thoughts or datas), then you 'cook' that ingredients with your fingers. But then again, it is not actually that easy, you gotta be responsible for what you're writing. You gotta dig deeper into that topic and you must see what is written between the lines. Writing taught me how to think outside of the box and it drags me out of my demonous cycle of unproductiveness. It forges the mind into thinking coherently based on my own arguments. And when you are actually starting your writing, things just flows afterwards, you know... it just goes as it is, and it is in your control, whether you want it to be flat, monotonous, or even add up a little element of surprise.
Saya belum melihat perubahan yang signifikan dari menulis setiap hari sih, tapi saya cukup melihat koherensi dari menulis itu sendiri, yang tidak dilakukan asal-asalan saja. Well, now I'm trying to write even more every day despite of all the distractions, e.g. my mom yelling at me for not cleaning the kitchen or waking up late or sweeping the floor. But hey, that's what moms do. I just wish that I would be able to make it—to actually reach 30 days of writing. Why 30 days? Well there are a lot of reasons behind that, from what I read in many sources, habit is formed within 21 days. So, in order for your brain to build a new habit, it needs to go constantly and it needs to have cues for it to happen. My cues are actually in my thoughts, I keep promising myself that I'm going to write every day and when I start to feel unproductive, which is every time. I start to write. Same goes as tidying up my bed and cleaning my room, wellp, actually, it's kinda different. I need to see them untidy, THEN I start to do my job. But all of these would actually never happen if I didn't promise myself to change my habit. Disitu lah benang merahnya.
Things don't happen in an instant, and my slow-but-sure progress in writing surely would make me climb the ladder of success later in life, only if I stick to it. You need process and damn I love the process, it makes all the things worth it! My goal is to wake up one day and think to myself that "I've made it!", my goal is to see the 750 words, not as a challenge, but to see it as my everyday habit. Now I'm starting to see that it is actually directing me to something good! I am actually loving though.
By the way, saya tidak hanya menulis di journal dan blog sih, saya juga menulis di Medium, dan Quora. Setelah journal ini selesai, saya mungkin akan melanjutkan menulis di Quora. This online journal actually helps me A LOT! Kayak excercise, writing di journal ini selayaknya pemanasan sebelum masuk ke real deal, which is writing for people, right now im just writing for myself though, it surely does have a difference. Anyways, in the meantime, i am wishing myself luck and keep working towards my goals.
How i feel after almost two weeks of writing? well, it is kinda hard. To be exact, it is a mind-bending experience. Ada saatnya dimana saya harus menulis sesuatu, out of nothing at all, and i ended up writing shit i've been through and how I felt at that point. That is actually the magic of writing, kamu selalu bisa menulis dari apapun. And I actually realize that toughts are not merely just thoughts, itu adalah sumber tulisan, and it is important.
Writing is like cooking, first of all you gotta prepare your ingredients, (thoughts or datas), then you 'cook' that ingredients with your fingers. But then again, it is not actually that easy, you gotta be responsible for what you're writing. You gotta dig deeper into that topic and you must see what is written between the lines. Writing taught me how to think outside of the box and it drags me out of my demonous cycle of unproductiveness. It forges the mind into thinking coherently based on my own arguments. And when you are actually starting your writing, things just flows afterwards, you know... it just goes as it is, and it is in your control, whether you want it to be flat, monotonous, or even add up a little element of surprise.
Saya belum melihat perubahan yang signifikan dari menulis setiap hari sih, tapi saya cukup melihat koherensi dari menulis itu sendiri, yang tidak dilakukan asal-asalan saja. Well, now I'm trying to write even more every day despite of all the distractions, e.g. my mom yelling at me for not cleaning the kitchen or waking up late or sweeping the floor. But hey, that's what moms do. I just wish that I would be able to make it—to actually reach 30 days of writing. Why 30 days? Well there are a lot of reasons behind that, from what I read in many sources, habit is formed within 21 days. So, in order for your brain to build a new habit, it needs to go constantly and it needs to have cues for it to happen. My cues are actually in my thoughts, I keep promising myself that I'm going to write every day and when I start to feel unproductive, which is every time. I start to write. Same goes as tidying up my bed and cleaning my room, wellp, actually, it's kinda different. I need to see them untidy, THEN I start to do my job. But all of these would actually never happen if I didn't promise myself to change my habit. Disitu lah benang merahnya.
Things don't happen in an instant, and my slow-but-sure progress in writing surely would make me climb the ladder of success later in life, only if I stick to it. You need process and damn I love the process, it makes all the things worth it! My goal is to wake up one day and think to myself that "I've made it!", my goal is to see the 750 words, not as a challenge, but to see it as my everyday habit. Now I'm starting to see that it is actually directing me to something good! I am actually loving though.
By the way, saya tidak hanya menulis di journal dan blog sih, saya juga menulis di Medium, dan Quora. Setelah journal ini selesai, saya mungkin akan melanjutkan menulis di Quora. This online journal actually helps me A LOT! Kayak excercise, writing di journal ini selayaknya pemanasan sebelum masuk ke real deal, which is writing for people, right now im just writing for myself though, it surely does have a difference. Anyways, in the meantime, i am wishing myself luck and keep working towards my goals.
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