writing – Page 3 – From the desk of Adam Thomas

I got excited yesterday.

I realized at my pace, I am close to writing 10,000 words a month on this blog. I have been steadily increasing the amount of words I write per day, going from 100 to 200 to 300 and now almost 400 per post.

The growth has been organic, which is something I am proud of. I haven’t really been pushing to write more, it is something that has just flowed out of me. And for that I am thankful.

I just only hope I have the wisdom to keep it up. Everyday that I write is another chance to explore the options of the day ahead of me. Everyday I write I have a chance to bring something new to the world. And, everyday I write, I exercise the part of my brain that has long gone dormant – the ability to communicate.

I have felt lately( over the last 2 years almost) that I haven’t been able to say things as crisply as I had been before. People say I am well cpoken – but there is a level I felt I was at, where ideas were able to flow out like wine…almost.

Was I professional? No, but I had the ability to get to point and make them, without over thinking. I had become a parrot lately. Where I used to be able to talk about myself, I had changed into someone who just parroted ideas. These were things i thought about, but even so, I couldn’t quite put them in my own words to get them out.

I think a lot of this habit building stuff has helped – I would like to think that I can do more. Better sleep has helped. Soon I will introduce eating better, meditation, and organization into my life ( Still working on the organization), and through that maybe I improve.

I wrote that I was thankful for improvement last night. I want a growth mindset, and I think I am getting there.

I listened to an interview last night about the Paul Mooney incident, which proved my suspicions. In it he says he was set up – He didn’t say that white people deserved to be blown up, he was talking about Americans and terrorism – he said our chickens have come home to roost.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_co03n_hO-Q

He sounds a little frazzled in the video – and I can feel why, he knows they are out to get him. It is very easy to sound crazy when you feel like crazy things are happening.

I can believe this side of events more so than the other side because I know Mooney’s comedy – never has he wished death or people to be blown up, that seemed way to vulgar for him.

I also know the people who opened for him, I would like some verification, but I feel like they wouldn’t step up to defend him because they are young in their careers. A club is important because where else will they be booked?

It is scary how they try to murder free speech. If I ever get to that level – I wonder how my words can be misconstrued.

3 Things Done
Drunk Water
16/8 Completed

No – Todo Morning or Todo Evening.

Learning How to Write

Its interesting, as I started this experiment, one thing I’ve tried to do is see my skill in writing something freeform. By freeform, I mean there is no big statement in front of me that says TOPIC: WHY BLAH BLAH BLAH LEADS TO BLAH BLAH BLAH.

I’ve written like that for years, to the point it is easy for me. To finish something like that, all I need is the topic, google, some of the subject matter in front of me, and about an hour or so to put it together with my thoughts. For reviews, it took a little time to soak in the material, but once it was in there, it was a matter of following that very same process to churn out 650 – 1000 words on said topic. In short, it was writing by numbers, and I am pretty good at it.

Even with these links I had been putting up in the recent weeks, it was easy. Topic is ahead of me, and I jsut sat with the material for a bit, looked at it, added my own spit, and then deposited the link for the public to digest. Now, make no mistake, I enjoyed the links that I put here, and people like Seth Godin, James Altchuer, Chris Guillebeau and Tim Ferriss are people to look up too. They are powerful people with thier own point of view, tons of readers, and various reasons to write.

But I knew, as a person, I have to learn how to develop like they did. I can’t be a follower forever. I was inspired by their blogs to get off the snide and make something happen, which leads me to this post.

I have had a hard time writing these posts. Its hard to go out and discover those thoughts. Most people give up, or feel like they just aren’t cut out for it. Even writing that last sentence doesn’t mean I still won’t. But it does mean that I am trying. This has been a learning process, and it continues to be one. There is a lot of failure left to experience and I have to find out if I can take it without breaking.

The last few days the faucet was trickling, and it may still be for a while. I have decided to continue to spend time on this experiment to see if my posts get flushed out. Today was a gain for me, becuase this post started out in the same vein as the last few, and a lot more words came out. Hopefully there will be more like this in the future.