A Random Access to My Sleepy Memory…

I so much wish to write regularly and it so unfortunately does not happen. It’s again a big gap since my last post and it’s again that I am drifting into the land of sweet dreams..zzzzz

There’s a list of hundreds of things that I have to do during the day. In the midst of all those activities, I do come up with interesting ideas to write on/about but by the night time-the time I think I should devote to writing- it’s all forgotten, thrown into the back drop or simply slept upon!  while putting my little one to sleep, I just mostly fail to resist my own call for bed. I do regret later for not utilising that supposed ‘Me Time’ but…

Recently, I finished an introductory course on child care and then happened to read a book on raising an amazing child. Today, I got my certificate for that course and for a moment I thought and felt that I quite enjoy this subject and the practice. My daughter is now 3.5 years old and is going through the most interesting stage of her childhood. It’s where she can communicate with us and we can participate in her tiny world with due response. It’s amazing the way your child surprises you with each and every act and show of learning..

There are numerous things that we want to mend about ourselves( if you are humble enough!) but the hardest thing that I have found so far is ‘ to forgive and forget’. some people just wind you up so painfully that you don’t know what to do about them. However, it is the quality that I really wish to master. I know it feels so sublime and satisfactory when you don’t fall from your pedestal and just ignore what doesn’t kill you. Maintaining and nurturing relationships is a key achievement in a human life.

A while ago, I was reading a book on noble conducts and character. It really made me think of what it was pressing upon. It says that we must make the most of our precious life time in performing good deeds, saying prayers and reading. Our time in this world is too short and precious to be wasted in idleness and aimlessness. Whatever is the mode of our life, it must be structured around positive and constructive activities. Help yourselves and do care to help your fellow beings wherever and however possible. A life of a purpose is better lived than the one wasted in vain entertainment or carelessness.

Well, I have just realized that I have succeeded in beating my strong spell of sleep but have got a promise to keep, before I sleep..

I wonder if this writing makes any sense but I just wanted to write..

WISH TO WRITE? THEN, READ FIRST!

If this blog meets its final mark, the credit would go to the forced  yet stimulating reading that I was just going through. Forced I said because of my current health condition. I’m struggling to recover from the weakness that the recent illness has left me with. I cant afford to engage myself in any physical or even mental activity but couldnt help scrolling through various articles on various sites. The result is that I am tempted to write one for myself!

Every successful writer has his/her own success story and the underlying secrets. I suggest that in order to have a true taste of the treat, read wide and in various styles. If you have real passion for the words in print, you’ll enjoy, appreciate and learn from the diversity of expressions and lay-outs.

I am not very frequent writer, I usually find it an impulsive act. My new understanding is that if you want to stay consistant in your writing, you should atleast keep reading different things: blogs, magazines, newspaper clips etc. Reading motivates to write and write better.

Another thing that this reading reveals to me is that there are new, trendy ways to communicate in writing now!  Like most of the poeople, I wasnt much aware of the precise and brief piece of writing. I used to believe and still inclined to practice long, essay type writings. The harm is that unless you are actually, truly and impressively captivating in your writing style, you are likely to lose the interest of the reader. Today’s reader wants to reach to the gist quickly and doesnt like to get lost in the tricky details.

People have mastered the art of making their point in 2-3 paragraphs using the simplest form of diction. No verbosity, no complicated ideas.

There’s another contemporary writing style that I recently came across while reading few web articles. Perhaps, you can call it illustrative form of writing; where there is an apt and appealing use of images to capture the attention and presenting the idea in a simple way.

Inshort, you can hone your writing skills by just reading others’ fine work. It opens up your own mind, broadens the horizon of approach and equip you with novel ideas. If you think your writing practice is getting slower and lesser, start reading and before you know, you’ll be back on the saddle! You doubt? I have just finished this article and it happened after a quick spell of reading! Happy reading and happy writing later!!