Hi fellow Hiveians,

Today I wanted to talk about the importance of being in the right frame of mind for some things in life.

Frame of Mind

There are some things that are really important for us in life to be in the right frame of mind in which to participate.

Writing is a really important part of my week. I don't profess to write anything exceptional and some of the things that I write may not be very interesting to folks but I do like to write them regardless. It's a way for me to mentally catalog and orient my thoughts and perspectives. This was never something that I thought I would have done if you had asked me 10 or 15 years ago, but it's pretty important to me now!

Is that the result of getting older? Are we destined to be writers and thoughtful when we get older? That's a random thought I had while writing this.. but it may have some weight to it! I am not going to explore that particular topic right now but could in the future.

With writing though, as with many things in life, it's very important to be in the right frame of mind in order to really do it best. That's certainly true for me!

I have had a few issues lately where I wanted to write but I just was not in the right frame of mind in which to write. It was important for me to understand that because the writing I could have done would have reflected it, and it's not that I don't think this would have turned out bad but it wouldn't have been something I would have wanted to happen. I try to never write posts when I'm in a bad mood!

The good thing is that I've been able to do other things instead. Engaging with folks on Hive is a good use of time when I am not willing to write in that poor state, so that ends up working out well. Just with the ebb and flow of creative juices, there are ebbs and flows of the mental state in which we do things that we enjoy such as writing. Finding an alternative such as focusing on comments and engagement helps me feel like it's not a total loss of time and energy when I'm in those situations and I think that's good.

I've had more frequent nights lately where I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to do things and that's not good, but it's certainly temporary. The stresses of life you can say, but with life there are always going to be periods of highs and lows. I'm swinging the low arc but I think it's on the upward mend now so the trough is complete, now heading for the crest. It's good to realize that these things are very akin to waves, because I think that some people tend to not realize their emotions and mental states are like this and that ends up causing them a number of issues which is unfortunate.

What about you, do you find yourself to have a particular frame of mind when you write or do you write whenever, whatever and appreciate the results regardless? Let me know in the comments!

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