Every year I resolve to write a blog, and every year it fizzles out. I’ve lost count of how many blogs I’ve signed up for, written one post on, and abandoned.
But here I am, with 2025 nearly over, giving it another shot.
To avoid repeating the same failure, I tried to figure out why I kept failing.
In the end, I blamed my brain chemistry.
I’ve been diagnosed with hyperarousal-type ADHD—the kind where your thoughts never stop—and I also have perfectionist tendencies that make me abandon things the moment they don’t go according to plan or something feels off.
I have so many things I want to do that blogging often gets pushed down the priority list. And because I obsess over every single sentence, worrying about what readers might think, writing a single post takes forever—which naturally made me drift away from writing altogether.
Not that many people read it anyway.
So this time, I’m setting two principles:
- Write whatever comes to mind without defining a blog theme
- Stop obsessing over every sentence
Neither principle aligns with what makes a “good” blog or “well-written” posts, but if I don’t do this, I’ll just fail again.
Just do it. Stop overthinking.
With those words etched in my heart, I’ll be back soon to let loose the storm of thoughts swirling in my head.
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