The entrepreneur Rajesh Jain on why he writes daily. When I discovered Rajesh’s blog in the early 2000s, he used to publish multiple posts daily. It got me into writing on my site, writing to him, and ultimately working with him for nearly half a decade.
I have reproduced three of his paragraphs as-is – editing does them no justice. Any emphasis is mine:
Writing is a way for me to organise my thinking. I have never bothered about who is reading. I write for myself. But I write publicly – as a sort of record of what I am thinking. I have never deleted or retracted any post that I have written. I have changed my views over time on many topics, but I have let the writings stay. Each post has a context – it is at a date and time. I try and be as candid in my writings as is possible. Because if I cannot be honest, then there is no point in blogging.
I write daily because it inculcates a discipline. I like the idea of short posts daily rather a long essay periodically. There is something new to look forward from me each day! And just maybe, this blog can become a utility in the lives of others – a daily habit. That is what it had become for many in the first decade of my writing.
Writing daily is a process of self-discovery. It makes me think how I should express myself. It makes me clarify my own thought process. It makes me little better each day. And I hope that process continues!