The Shallow Waters of Writing

Firing off an email.
Responding to a post.
Reminder notes.
Texts to friends.

All require some effort in terms of writing, but the level of thought to accomplish each is shallow. They’re the low hanging fruit.

The actual task of putting together a piece that requires serious thought is met with a lot of resistance.

It necessitates something more than reactive measures that feel like real work is being done. However, it’s the equivalent of saying walking to my car is exercise.

Yes… there is walking and the car might be at the other end of the parking lot… but there is no conscious effort to extend that into the healthy zone of exercise.

Digging deep into writing requires a person to mine the depths of their own mind. It’s a mining operation that is ongoing and periodically (although the timing is never certain) strikes something of high value.

Discovering the depths of the world requires a person to leave the shallow waters of comfort.

It’s hard.
It could be dangerous.
But it’s only there you really learn how to swim.