September 14, 2009

On Waking and Writing

When I first moved into my current apartment several months ago, I had a hard time sleeping. I would wake up in the middle of the night, and fight my way back to sleep.

This lasted about a week, until one night I actually got up, and went to the bathroom. There I made an unexpected discovery: it wasn’t the middle of the night; it was 5:00 AM. The sun wasn’t up yet, but it was morning. This new environment had magically transformed me into a morning person. So I accepted it, and to this day, I naturally wake up every morning between 5 and 7 AM.

Recently, another transformation has taken place: I’m starting to enjoy writing.

I used to enjoy creative writing in school, but being that I dropped out of college early on to pursue my career as a web developer, that part of my brain has been boarded-up and forgotten.

But those boards have been slowly pried off over the last year, through my daily use of Twitter. Each time I compose a tweet, I try to put a little thought into how it’s worded, and I think that’s had some sort of positive effect on the Writing Department in my brain.

The first time I noticed the change was when I wrote “The Perfect Support Request”. It was a subject that I’m passionate about, so it was no surprise that the words came easy, but I didn’t expect to enjoy writing it.

When crafting Playa and Wygwam’s overview pages, I put more effort into writing the copy than I have in the past, and found those to be fun as well.

So I decided to spur some new life into my blog. I’ve given it a new design (with comments!), and a new URL. I plan to start writing here on a more regular basis.

I’m kicking things off with an article about marketing, a subject I’m just beginning to develop an interest in.