I have the strongest craving lately to get out all the things I’ve learned throughout the years. Get them out of my head, onto paper. Organizing them in different categories so they are easy to browse and look back on. I ponder things I’ve learned or discovered sometimes and always get the feeling of ‘oh this is interesting, I should note it down or talk about it’, so I have an archive a sort of journalistic autobiography of knowledge gained, experiences, and how they came about. I want to do this for myself to have something to come back to, a huge database of things I have written about, and if other people find it interesting, then even better.

These stories are to be my own personal opinions, what worked for me. I will not claim they work for everyone else, though they might interest the reader and give them a different perspective. I do not want to claim to be an authority on anything, in fact I hate people who do just that. The world is riddled with it at the moment. People claiming its their way and everything is black and white. I think things aren’t as simple as that.

Starting with This Website as My Personal Archive

So I start with owning this website, an easy place for me to store writing, my personal archive of ideas, rambling, thoughts, opinions, what I have learned, and whatever else I can come up with. In fact I shouldn’t even say anything about what I plan to write, keep it as open as possible, not to box myself in.

Challenges I Anticipate in My Writing

One problem I see happening, though I’m sure I will iron it out with practice, is explaining things too briefly. At the moment I write and it comes out very short. My story telling needs work, and I tend to jump back and forth. Though I will not ramble boring garbage to extend them either. Right now it sounds like a tricky thing to do but I’m sure I will work it out.

Writing Exercises I’ve Been Practicing

I have been now doing a few writing exercises for the past few weeks. A free flow exercise where there’s no subject, you set a timer, and write whatever comes out, non stop without pausing for 15-20 minutes. I don’t struggle with what to write, I usually have to stop because my forearm is burning from the micro movements. Another one is locking a certain amount of time 1-2 hours where you have to stay in a room and the only thing you are allowed to do is write. You don’t have to write, but writing is the only thing you can do. The aim of this is obviously to remove all distractions, you’ll get bored, and then end up writing. Creating the perfect environment to get that creativity flowing. Writing these for the website is another one, and lastly is reading. Reading books specifically from whose style you appreciate. Whether it’s the way they speak, their articulation, their writing mannerisms.

Exploring the Real Reason I Want to Do This (Self Reflection)

The obvious thing might be, I want to leave behind something when I die. I at least want to be a useful person. Not a consumer who showed up, take and take, then died. I feel like I want to produce something, anything, add to the world. Though I might be wrong it might not be this at all. Being good at something, in the past, has motivated me the most. Being really good, better than most, and knowing it. Not out of a ‘oh I’m the best, yes!’ way but more of a, I get joy from doing things well. Not from what others think. If I do things to a high level or standard, that is what I enjoy the most. I have enjoyed writing because it is very hard, you need to be disciplined, learn a lot, it has almost no skill ceiling, and it is personal.

The Benefits of Writing and Rediscovering the World

Writing gets you thinking, ideas you didn’t know you had come out. The world starts to get its shine back, things seem more vibrant, interesting. You start to view the world through eyes of your younger self, unhindered by layers experiences.

The Dangers of Distractions and Endless Consumption

I believe a way to get this back is by removing distractions, and limiting consumption. All of this endless entertainment is nothing but pacifiers for adults, it’s brain rot for the mind, body, and soul. All of it just weakens you. Not only do all these distractions weaken you, they change you as a person, they alter you in the mould of what you consume, you become a reflection of the fake materialistic garbage you consume daily. It will erode your soul to the point you are a walking talking consuming robot, unable to formulate your own original opinion, idea or thought about anything.

My Vision for a Richer, Fuller Life

To have the richest, fullest, content, enjoyable life you have to go through the hard task of getting rid of all the distractions. I need a life of zen, no distractions, no garbage consumption. I will live life, produce things, be useful, be me. Not have my soul hijacked, my operating system replaced with a foreign program.