Daily Writing

In high school, my English teacher had us keep a writing journal which we added to each day. We could write anything we wanted, it just had to be daily.

I wrote a lot of haikus.

It was mostly because I was lazy and just wanted the grade, partially because I didn’t see the value of writing.

I see the value of writing now, even before the rise of offloading thinking to AI.

I don’t write a daily blog to crank out a post every day. If that was the point, I’d have switched to AI long ago already. I write a daily blog to make sure I remember to think . It’s a daily practice for my brain. A creative ritual to strengthen my writing muscles. ( https://nik.art/the-suck-is-why-were-here/ )

Writing helps me process ideas that aren’t complete.

Writing helps me find connections between ideas.

Writing helps me remember better.

Writing highlights what I’m missing.

Writing lets me get feedback on my ideas so I don’t operate in a silo.

Writing gives my brain room to breathe.

Writing lets me express.

I hope to cover a broad range of topics. Tech, music, religion, design, media, what the heck is going on in the world. Some days I might write an essay about video games. Some days I’ll give thoughts on a link i found interesting. And yes, I’m sure some days I’ll just write a haiku.

I feel my existing tech-focused blog is a little too specific for the kind of writing I want to do. My spaceship game blog has been a good outlet, but it too has a purpose that is separate from what I’m doing here.

I don’t intend to do much editing or proofreading. These won’t be polished posts most of the time.

After all, It’s just a writing journal.