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1 [1]Eddie Dale [2]Blog [3]About [4]Uses 14.03.2024 – Eddie Dale 2 3 Why keep writing? 4 5 Good question. 6 7 I guess a natural follow up question is: Why did you start in the first place? 8 9 Also a good question. Let's try it: 10 11 1. "Writing to learn": I believe that writing is a great way to learn. 12 13 2. It sorts floating thoughts somewhere. Sure, could be private notes. Could 14 be a physical notepad. Could be a lot, but since I make web pages for a 15 living, that also seems like a good solution. 16 17 3. Practice. I really believe writing is a core skill that never goes out of 18 date, and always will be relevant. And writing a blog trains that writing 19 muscle. 20 21 4. Learning to let go. Clicking that "publish" button might not mean much. 22 After all, I can most probably count on one hand the readers of this post. 23 Still, it feels like a massive hurdle. And because "[5]caring less what 24 others think" is a personal goal of mine, writing and pressing publish 25 aligns well with that. The uncomfort is just proof that I still care too 26 much. 27 28 Ok, so that's at least something. 29 30 Not a great list, but enough to keep me at it for now. 31 32 "Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops 33 of blood form on your forehead" 34 – Gene Fowler 35 36 37 References: 38 39 [1] https://www.eddiedale.com/ 40 [2] https://www.eddiedale.com/blog 41 [3] https://www.eddiedale.com/about 42 [4] https://www.eddiedale.com/uses 43 [5] https://www.eddiedale.com/blog/fold-fear-of-looking-dumb