#1 creating > consumption

Like most, I spend a great part of my day consuming media.

What I don’t do enough of and wish to do more of is create. Here are the reasons why (mostly excuses):

1. I don’t want to add to internet noise, made up of TikToks, LinkedIn posts, and the limitless podcasts

2. I don’t have time. Oh, the precious thing I waste scrolling through other’s creations.

3. I have been brainwashed by a degree in creating writing to see writing as labor, and if I am not going to monetize time spent creating, then it’s not worth spending my time on at all.

4. Another horrendous side effect of my creative writing degree workshops: if it’s not perfect, then it shouldn’t be published.

5. I can’t settle on a niche. I’m terrified of committing to one topic.

Wall of the “Palacio de la Literatura” in Lima, Peru “The very act of writing allows you to believe that time does not exist. This is the root cause for the compulsion of writing, the urgency of doiis also the rush to capture life before it escapes” Pilar Dughi

With this newsletter, I hope to deconstruct these four myths on a bi-weekly cadence. I’ll reflect on my time - including the media I interact with, ideas, and experiences as a girl (woman? person?) going through her late twenties.

In the meantime, I’ll drop what I’m currently reading - I find that whatever I read temporarily shifts the framework through which I view my reality. Here are the works responsible for my current view on life:

1. Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

   I got an advanced reader’s copy of Mellor’s novel and now I miss my sisters

2. The Tibetan Book of the Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche

   I read a couple of pages every morning. I like to start my mornings with some kind of spiritual or philosophical book before moving on to my paid work and the capitalist realm.

Thank you, dear readers, I hope you’ll join me on this journey!