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Write When Inspired, Rest When Tired

A few days ago, I attended the first ever blog camp in Cebu. I was very excited to share what transpired during the fun-filled event and I was very eager to talk about what I learned from the keynote speakers. I even posted on Facebook that I would write a post about it on my blog, on that same day.

I was tired and hyped at the same time.

I didn’t mind about being tired and sleepy. I didn’t care if my eyes were only half open. The increasing tension on my neck and shoulder didn’t bother me. I didn’t care about anything else except writing about the event — at once!

My thinking cap wouldn’t fit.

I spent a couple of minutes forcing my thinking cap on but it wouldn’t fit. I couldn’t put my ideas into words, perhaps my ideas where just too incomprehensible at that time that even I couldn’t get it. The harder I pushed my mind into deep thinking and concentration, the fuzzier the ideas get.

Hold it back until it’s ready — a sound decision.

Finally, after wasting more time and exhausting my self further, I stopped and decided to get some sleep. Rather than hurriedly produce a blog post with terrible content, I decided to hold it back until it was ready.

If I had stayed up and published what I’ve written that night, I could have been the first one to blog about the event but — I could also have given you something not worth reading.

P.S.

I got the title (and inspiration) of this post from Jeffrey Zeldman’s Write When Inspired which I was able to find through reading Tiffani Jone’s Reminder to Write When Inspired.