If you love your freedom, you must write your book!
OK, not everyone must write their books. If you don't feel like you need to write a book to freely express yourself, then you shouldn't be writing it. Because if you don't have a passion for something but feel compelled to do it just because everyone else is telling you to do it, then you will not find freedom in either doing it or resisting that compulsion!
However, if you have an urge to write your first book and somehow have never been able to get around to it, then I'll give you a good reason here to contemplate upon.
First of all, ask yourself if you're a really free person. If yes, how free are you? If not, how deprived of liberty are you? I don't know about you. But as far as I'm concerned, I don't feel very free at all. It's not that I'm very unhappy about my life right now - I'm blessed to have a beautiful family and fortunate enough to be doing something I love for a living, teaching in one of the best institutions in the country and all that. But my daily life is such that I don't have much control over my hours at all. I also don't have much control over what I can or cannot say in my professional life.
If you think about it, some of the most responsible and honest things we can say today are not necessarily something that we can say without having to worry about the longevity (or rather the lack thereof) of our career or the potentially negative way people would view you after you have opened your mouth. And in many cases, I do not even have much freedom in teaching my students in ways that I would consider to be most beneficial to them!
Well-meaning things we say can be taken out of context and be used against us. Good intentions may be viewed with suspicions by some insecure colleagues or Machiavellian superiors. This is especially true if you work in a corporate environment, right?
Where's that freedom of expression - you may wonder?
I don't know. I really don't.
What I do know is that when I write, I feel free. I feel hopeful. I write to figure things out. When I write, I feel that I'm getting closer to my answers even if they don't emerge immediately. When I write my book, I find my freedom - my freedom of self-expression. When I write, I don't worry about being taken out of context because I have forever to explain myself in as many words and pages as I need.
When I write, I'm free to discover myself in whatever way I want. When I write, I'm free to write up the blueprint I need to become the person I want to be. In short, when I write, I can reconcile my past, make sense of my present and chart my future my way - at my own pace, in my own time and for my own sake!
When I write, I am free to channel my negative emotions into positive energies. When I write, I'm free to criticise whoever I want and when I'm done, I'm free to delete or justify my criticisms.
When I write, I'm free to express my gratitude to as many people i want, whether they are still alive or not.
When i write, I'm free to swim along in my stream of consciousness to wherever it takes me.
In a world where everything is over-regulated and everyone is being over-judged, writing my own book has never felt more free to me.
If you don't believe me, try it out yourself!
Alice Pung gave three tips for all new writers. The first, she said, was the Nike slogan JUST DO IT! Second, show your writing only to the RIGHT person - or at least someone who will not ridicule it. Third, connect with other writers.
To find out more reasons why you should be writing your first book now, please visit
You might want to check out my podcast here supported by Anchor App.
However, if you have an urge to write your first book and somehow have never been able to get around to it, then I'll give you a good reason here to contemplate upon.
First of all, ask yourself if you're a really free person. If yes, how free are you? If not, how deprived of liberty are you? I don't know about you. But as far as I'm concerned, I don't feel very free at all. It's not that I'm very unhappy about my life right now - I'm blessed to have a beautiful family and fortunate enough to be doing something I love for a living, teaching in one of the best institutions in the country and all that. But my daily life is such that I don't have much control over my hours at all. I also don't have much control over what I can or cannot say in my professional life.
If you think about it, some of the most responsible and honest things we can say today are not necessarily something that we can say without having to worry about the longevity (or rather the lack thereof) of our career or the potentially negative way people would view you after you have opened your mouth. And in many cases, I do not even have much freedom in teaching my students in ways that I would consider to be most beneficial to them!
Well-meaning things we say can be taken out of context and be used against us. Good intentions may be viewed with suspicions by some insecure colleagues or Machiavellian superiors. This is especially true if you work in a corporate environment, right?
Where's that freedom of expression - you may wonder?
I don't know. I really don't.
What I do know is that when I write, I feel free. I feel hopeful. I write to figure things out. When I write, I feel that I'm getting closer to my answers even if they don't emerge immediately. When I write my book, I find my freedom - my freedom of self-expression. When I write, I don't worry about being taken out of context because I have forever to explain myself in as many words and pages as I need.
When I write, I'm free to discover myself in whatever way I want. When I write, I'm free to write up the blueprint I need to become the person I want to be. In short, when I write, I can reconcile my past, make sense of my present and chart my future my way - at my own pace, in my own time and for my own sake!
When I write, I am free to channel my negative emotions into positive energies. When I write, I'm free to criticise whoever I want and when I'm done, I'm free to delete or justify my criticisms.
When I write, I'm free to express my gratitude to as many people i want, whether they are still alive or not.
When i write, I'm free to swim along in my stream of consciousness to wherever it takes me.
In a world where everything is over-regulated and everyone is being over-judged, writing my own book has never felt more free to me.
If you don't believe me, try it out yourself!
Alice Pung gave three tips for all new writers. The first, she said, was the Nike slogan JUST DO IT! Second, show your writing only to the RIGHT person - or at least someone who will not ridicule it. Third, connect with other writers.
To find out more reasons why you should be writing your first book now, please visit
You might want to check out my podcast here supported by Anchor App.
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