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A blank screen – arghhhhh!!!

Getting stuck for something to write is silly, we never get stuck for something to say. Well I don’t anyway, I never get talking block.

When I first looked at this blank screen on WordPress today, for a moment I pondered what to write and nothing came up, writers block I told myself (excuses). Then I wrote a few paragraphs, and thought, that was pretty shit.

I deleted it.

Now I am writing this instead. Is this any better? Probably not. If only I hadn’t deleted the other post, you could be spared this.

The fact is, it is still better to write something everyday and share it, than to share nothing at all. As the more you do something, the better you get at it.

There is a good deal of pressure to make perfect, but perfect is another one of these things we are brainwashed to try and achieve, that we will never achieve, and anyway perfect is boring.

I’ll be back tomorrow, the next day and so on, because creating something is far better than never trying.

Follow that!!

Philip Dodson Blog

Follow that!!

That is always the challenge when you create something that others really love, share and comment on.

A seed of doubt creeps in and then you think ‘maybe that was a one-off’ or ‘maybe it was a fluke and the next thing I create won’t be as good’.

The reality is, it wasn’t a fluke or a one-off. It was the result of all the unique talent we all have, and the only way to find out is to share again, and again, and again. It was the result of years of trying, adapting, modifying and learning.

The thing is keep going with your creating, and the only time to stop is when you have grown tired of creating. Once you reach that point, then the point of life has ended. We are here to create, to make, to build, to do something unique that will make a difference and leave a legacy.

We all have an obligation to use this once in an eternity gift of a lifetime. Why waste it never finding out what we are truly capable of creating? Why waste it fulfilling another person’s dream? Why waste it never trying? Why not create and keep creating? There is no other reason to live.