Most of the time I have so many different kind of thoughts going on in my head that it was easy to use it as an excuse to not like writing. Now I'm realizing that just like other things I like, writing is a skill which can help you become better at turning the thoughts into your head into words. That part altogether is more complex than it lets on. When I mentioned different kinds of thoughts, it includes ones which don't have language built into them. I'm pretty sure it's common among all people to occasionally have thoughts that aren't tied to language, maybe I'm wrong. Regardless, the act of turning these types of thoughts into words is definitely a skill. At first, it used to feel like the random ideas and thoughts floating through my head were hard to grasp and make sense of, but the more I write, the easier I find it to connect the thought I'm having into something that could be said or written to someone. I still have a long way to go, but that's why I'm hoping getting practice through doing these freewrites can help me grind writing stats. That's another thing. Since I've spent so much time playing video games, it's a lot easier to do things that help my life when thinking about them instead as RPG terms like levels. I think of writing as something that, since I avoided it most of my life, I'm low leveled in. Instead of throwing the towel and focusing on things I already have lots of levels in, it makes sense to grind some writing stats just in case I need them later on. I wouldn't say this approach completely makes up for the fact that this isn't a video game because writing isn't designed at the base level to be enjoyable for me personally. It's still a boost though because it's easier for me to think of times when I grinded out a skill in a game and found it useful later on, unexpectedly. It's honestly the unexpected, random element that can make things more memorable. Kind of like notifications, where you don't always know if it's a good or bad one, which is why it's so gravitating as a concept. Anyways, for a first time, I liked this more than I thought I would, and hope it can be a recurring thing.
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