Ever since I created my first website, the thing that I wanted to make more than anything else was a blog. It used to be because I thought it was what every one did, and even now I think that blog posts are what every good developer does. But thats just because I read the good ones, there are a ton of great developers whose thoughts are written down, not for self satisfaction or for an audience, but rather just for writing sakes, and I strive to become one of those writers.
Which is why I think I should stop trying to write good blog posts.
Instead I need to just write, even if its bad or only something that I think only I would read, I can't let someone else's judgement hold me back personally and neither should you. I once saw a tweet that said something along the lines of
"If you haven't written any bad blog posts then have you really written any?"
Which is a sentiment that can be used for lots of things, and which can be boiled down to "if you never failed did you really ever try?" I don't think we ever think of ourselves as someone who doesn't put in effort or who is too scared to try, but deep down I think we are all afraid of failing, of falling down and getting beaten up and having to look at ourselves on the floor or even worse have to look at others as they see us on our hands and knees.
But falling down is the only way you can show others and more importantly yourself that you can get up from your hands and knees and stand with nothing else but yourself holding you up. So I will continue to keep telling myself to stop trying to write good blog post, because the only thing that that mentality breeds is more fear and reluctance. instead I will just keep writing, even if its bad, thats okay because it will get better, through every iteration through every knock down or blow back, there comes a time to learn and grow and thats what I want to do. I want to create not because I think I can create the best but because I want to grow through creation.
So stop trying to write good blog posts, just write.