# Yesterday wasn't a writing day. Whether it was due to being the first day back "at work" (albeit virtually) after the long weekend or because of being on the early shift I don't know. Something just didn't sit right.
If it wasn't for quoting Rebecca I wouldn't have posted anything.
But that's okay.
There's no sense in posting just for the sake of it, just so there is something to see. It made me think about the recent changes I've made to the blog, the more daily approach and thought it exemplified that approach.
"Nothing to say, nothing to show."
That's going to be my new motto. Sometimes the words don't come, it's only natural.
I quoted Thich Nhat Hanh in the last muse-letter: "we need to ask ourselves, am I speaking just to speak" which naturally translates to blogging just to blog even though conventional wisdom says to show up every day.
There's no need if there's no value in it.
I lay awake last night fretting over not having started the next muse-letter or not even having an idea in mind for it. Before launch I described it as a semi-regular thing that would not be sent "according to any strict timetable" yet I put undue pressure on myself to meet one. The first three letters have been sent out bi-weekly but that was never the original intention. While it's common practice to be regular with these things I don't see semi-regular as an issue, rhere's no point mailing just for the sake of it and filling people's inboxes with rubbish. Nothing to say, nothing to show.
Looking at the Daily View of the blog this morning I started thinking about the beauty of the blank page. Sometimes it can be intimidating but also full of possibilities, just waiting for something to make it better. Then I read this post from Austin Kleon which links to a number of his past posts on the subject of noise and silence, notably this one from 2017.
It reinforced my new mantra and made me consider what it is to be a blogger who thrives on writing and posting but ought temper that within these precepts. There are absolutely days where I cannot improve upon the beauty of the blank page (and do not post) but should there be more?