Discomfort creativeness

The last post on my afterthought of a book was something which I've been wanting to undertake for a long time but didn't have the courage and determination to do so, simply because I have never done it before. Or more accurately, the fear of plunging into unknown territory has kind of paralyzed me into a frozen state.

Until this article. Like a copycat, I decided to emulate the author and to finally get out of my comfort zone. How true when she wrote, 'Going outside your comfort zone is—and this should have been obvious--uncomfortable. Even painful.'

Indeed, it was terribly agonizing writing the review despite my strong feelings for the book. The thoughts didn't flow and the thread of argument didn't have a leg to stand on. Fits and starts, fits and starts... Frustrations built and self-doubts kicked in. With gritted teeth, I laboured on, muttering gruntingly to myself not to give up.

Word by word, sentence by sentence, painfully pieced-together trains of thoughts led me at last to the finished article.

As I scrutinized the final product, I thought gleefully, 'It's actually not too bad.'

Rising up to your own challenges is rather gratifying. I should really do this more often to keep me on my toes and to get the creative juices flowing.