Hey, welcome to my blog. I’m Patric Moore. For far too long I’ve let fear control me when it comes to starting a blog. To think that my words and thoughts will be out in the open for all to criticize and critique is pretty frightening to me, but I’ve come to realize at one point or another, if you want to leave a mark and make a change in this world then you really just need to say f*ck it and put yourself out there. So here goes nothing!
I’ve probably thought about starting a blog for the last five years or so and I’ve written some articles in a word document, however I’ve never published anything. I would always think that my words weren’t good enough or that is wasn’t perfect. I had all of these what if’s running through my mind to the point that I would just freak myself out and push it all aside until the idea of starting a blog would pop back into my head. Then guess what, I would just repeat the same process. This time is different though.
Last night I was watching the #AskGaryVee show episode #185 with Seth Godin and it really got me thinking. Seth Godin said that he believes everybody should have a blog and he goes into explaining why.
Once I heard this my mind went into full speed. I started to question him and saying to myself, “Really? You really think everybody should have a blog?” I mean I’m not saying that everybody doesn’t have a voice that shouldn’t be heard but I mean come on. I’m not sure everrryyybodddyyyy needs a blog. The way he puts though makes sense.
He said he thinks every human should have a blog and that everyday we should write something that we’re willing to put into the world that way we can look back in a week, a month, a year or even longer and say, “I did that, I wrote that.”
I hold Seth Godin in pretty high regards as far as a key influencer in the world so when I heard him say that I believed that I too should truly have a blog. The way he presented the thought of blogging as changed everything for me.
See, like I said, I was always worried that in order to blog I needed to have some perfect idea, some topic that I’m truly passionate about and can write about endlessly. Then I’d get caught up in the thinking of what to actually write about and the topics I could talk about and the fact that wait, I’m only 23, like what the hell do I actually know.
As soon as he started talking the way he did about blogging, something just clicked in me and all of those previous thoughts went out the window. I said, “wait a moment, I don’t need it to be perfect. I don’t need to confine myself to one topic and I don’t need to be scared of getting myself out there.” So here I am actually writing.
One other thing I would always get caught up on is the thought that I would have to constantly create content. I’ve been on this planet for 23, almost 24 years (two more months). I don’t have enough experience to be writing about any one thing. Gary Vee helped me to get rid of those thoughts though by his words of advice, “Document, don’t create.”
Freaking brilliant! Documenting is what Gary is excellent at. He’s been documenting his life for the last few years. Showing us all exactly how he’s gotten to the point that he’s at now and he’s showing no signs of stopping either.
Once I heard those words it’s like a weight came off my shoulders. The pressure of always having to create new things all of the time when you’re just starting out in such a high paced world. I don’t have to do that though. I just need to document real life and thankfully real life is happening every single second of every day. Now I can truly just enjoy putting words down and have fun with it. I shouldn’t have made the thought of blogging so stressful in the first place! And with this way of thinking I really don’t care if I have one reader or thousands of readers. It’s just going to be for fun and if I can help change and improve other people’s lives in the process then that’s even better!