Inability to write/ Taking the step.

Shikhar Gupta
2 min readJun 11, 2021

It has been months, since I was able to write a proper article. Currently I have over 32 article drafts, and none of them are complete. I find it really difficult to just publish anything.

The reason is the fear of being judged. Every article is an opinion in favor of something, and it is also in against of something. I feel so awkward sometimes, with the sudden rush of trying not to offend anyone that it is paralyzing.

But what is more is the even deeper roots of it. That is of being segregated and insulted and being said not good enough. But it is these things that make life even more complex.

On a wholistic level I know that this article is senseless, it doesn’t bring any joy to the reader, no new information. Nothing of value. Basically on all accounts this article doesn’t deserve to be published.

But yet it is, you know why ?

Because publishing it starts a process. Making this weak and poor grammatically ineffective article paves a way for better articles. The idea is not to publish a good article but to publish enough articles that they start getting better.

So what else should I say. Nothing more, because then I might change my mind. That will be the end of all stupidity of all myths and ideas. So making it all work out.

Hope you read it. I hope you didn’t.

You know what the above line gave me another idea for an article, see this is the power of taking the first steps.

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