A little overthinking

When I first started writing this blog my idea was to literally write a thought every day, just as the title suggests.  I wrote short posts that would hopefully grab the reader's attention and were easy for me to write well.  I wrote nearly every day of the week for over a year.  No pictures, just words.  Then I dropped my deadlines and decided I'd continue writing but not as frequently which led to last month with only eight posts.  I also started adding photos and found I didn't need to write as much.  A picture says a thousand words, after all.

Without the deadline, I will think of a good thought to share and grab onto it but I don't feel the pressure to write it immediately.  Instead, it sits inside my head for a couple of days.  During that time I might start writing a draft but I not bother to finish it.  So it gets more head time.  By the time I try to seriously write it, the thought is too big and I no longer know where I want to take it or which parts of the thought are relevant so I end up scrapping it altogether.  

The deadline was a good idea, even if it was only important to me.  It got me writing, editing, and publishing often.  A small thing perhaps, but it gives me so much satisfaction, this tiny bit of sculpted writing.  I have no solution that I'm happy with, just this thought.