Writing is Hard

By Paul Maglietta

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So anyone who knows me personally knows that I have no problem talking. You can put me in a room with one hundred people to talk about a topic I know little about and I will still be able to at least put on a show. For some reason though, putting the words from mind to page is proving more and more difficult. I am someone who is constantly thinking of ideas and strategies but when it comes time to put it down I find myself struggling to even start, much less finish. Even now I had to put my phone away after distracting myself with mindless scrolling between sentences. Even this article, which now you are successfully reading, I had attempted to write it for months before finally sitting myself down and pushing myself to do it. But I was not always this way.

I used to love writing, and for the most part I still do. However, like many people as we get older life gets in the way. From working my job 40 to 50 hours a week, enjoying time with my wife, managing podcasting, and spending times with friends and family the idea of sitting down and doing anything creative for even fifteen minutes seemed so far out of reach. Luckily I found myself a new wave of inspiration and enjoy feeling that magic again as I take what is in my head and put it here. Now, I am in no way the greatest writer. I have never taken writing courses, I am so overly self conscious about my work so I tend to keep it to myself, and as evidenced by this article I struggle to actually sit down and do it. I often envy people who manage to find that quiet in their life to sit down and tune out the whole world. When I was younger I read each Harry Potter book in a day a piece. Now in my mid 30s (yikes) I have trouble even sitting still without thinking of all the other responsibilities that I have. But I find myself oddly at peace as I sit here putting this together. Yes, I have checked my phone a dozen times, yes I am also watching YouTube as I type, and of course yes I went to annoy my wife a few times but it is amazing feeling that spark again.

So this is not going to be the longest thing I have ever written, but it was not supposed to be. This article is purely to get me to just sit down and freaking do it. So if you made it through this disjointed, feel good, and messy look into my mind I thank you. And of course I sit here wondering what is going to come next. Will this be a one off adventure? Or is it finally the start of something new for the website, the network, and myself? The goal was to make a series out of all this, but if that does not pan out at least I put myself out there. And, not to preach, but if you guys have a passion or something you have always wanted to do, doing it felt amazing. I hope anyone reading this is living their passion or manages to find it, life is way too short to ever hold back. Good luck.