Writers Discipline

To write, especially in this day and age, you have to be very disciplined. Now, more than any other time in history, there are distractions everywhere; television, the internet, family, friends, phones, pets, sports, it can all be overwhelming. Everything in our modern lives is so fast paced, where can someone find the time to slow down and write, it’s counter to our culture. Even now, while I am writing this, I have the urge to browse other pages, to read other blogs or to watch Jerry Springer. But in order to write effectively, I need to resist those urges and just concentrate at the task at hand.

But I also begin to wonder, does living in such a fast paced, choice filled, highly connected world lead to unhappiness? It seems the more and more you speak to people, the more you discover they are unhappy about life in general. It is normally nothing specific, its just a general uneasiness, or unhappiness. Personally I believe it is because it’s very hard to settle on one thing anymore, there are simply too many choices.

But then again, I have always believed that humans are very simple creatures, and that we unnecessarily complicate our own lives, leading to confusion and unhappiness (I know, how Buddhist). But through this process of writing, well trying to, some days. I have truly learned about the discipline it takes to stay focused on any one thing in life. I am going to be making an effort to simplify my life even more, and really learn to keep on one task at at time (excluding work, where I am the known multitasker).

So, this post is my first step towards that goal of simplification. Hopefully if I keep on track, you will see more and more posting here in the future as I do not lack topics (I have a whole page full), I simply lack the discipline to stay focused.