5 Lessons Learned By Not Writing For A Month

No, I haven’t given up

Alice Vuong
3 min readJul 25, 2019
Photo by George Kourounis on Unsplash

I haven’t written a single word in a month.

That’s a long time.

Life just got busy.

I just got back from a month long overseas trip. Not that there’s ever a good reason to stop writing but I simply let my other life get in the way of my writing life.

I feel guilty for not writing

I really do.

I like to think there are people who have missed my writing but I know that nobody is depending on my words to change their life especially since there are so many other sources of inspiration out there but I still feel like I’m doing a disservice by not writing.

There’s a sense of guilt that comes with knowing that I’m putting my writing on hold regardless of what my other life is throwing at me.

Perhaps the guilt is me telling me writing is what I should be doing.

You can be easily forgotten

If you’re not putting something out with your name on it regularly, you can easily be forgotten. Now, not everyone wants notoriety but if you’re an artist, chances are you want your work to be seen, read, and heard. And in today’s world of social media, blogs, and…

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Alice Vuong
Alice Vuong

Written by Alice Vuong

Living life imperfectly and as creatively as possible. www.alicevuong.com

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