Srishti Kumari

Tag: Proofreading

  • Write About The Easy Things

    Please.

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    You know, I feel, and I am really thinking about this a bit differently, and sincerely. When it comes to writing, especially the online writing and making a really good amount of money out of it, or creating and building your successful online writing business, we think, focus, read, and research a lot more about the client’s needs, the business needs, the brand needs, and the business side of our craft. We forget why we started it in the first place.

    Our LinkedIn posts should be the best. Our LinkedIn articles should be of premium quality. Our medium writing has to be of very, very good quality, and our Instagram posts should be of premium aesthetics. And while all of these personal expectations and professional goals are important and good to set and achieve, we forget that writing doesn’t only mean the work we do for the premium B2B clients, the agency we are working with, and the freelance gigs that are literally making us financially free and independent.

    Yes, we have to write thoughtfully to build our personal brand online. Yes, we have to deep dive and research, and write the B2B articles, the blog posts, the LinkedIn posts, and all of that business writing thing that we are supposed to. No doubt we need to.

    But what about us? What about you, my friend? What? What about your connection, your relationship with the solitary aspect of thinking, scribbling, writing, reading, writing sometimes in a diary, sometimes online, and publishing – not each piece is published to get the likes and appreciation, some pieces are the proof of your spark inside. And that’s enough.

    Don’t lose that spark. Please. Before any creative work and designation pulls out your creativity from your soul, remember those first days when you first started scribbling, spending time with your thoughts, with your feelings in solitude, and your diary was there to listen to everything you had to share.

    For that first diary, for those first days, for that spark, for this wonderful gift of your life, write! Please write. Write about your days – good days, bad days, ugly days, miracles, everything. Write about your morning breakfast, write about your evening chai, write about your favourite season, write about your childhood days, write about your friends, write about your blessings, write about your embarrassments, write about your love, write about your healing, write about your favourite nook and corner in this world, just write about it, my friend. Please write, because you deserve to live too.

    Amidst all the business, technical, SEO, branding, social media, and your premium ghostwriting projects, don’t forget to fill your own cup and share the quirky moments from your story. Don’t worry about the likes, shares, or engagement.

    Sanity is the real vanity.

    May divine bless you with success when your stories get appreciated by millions of people worldwide, along with the deep love inside you to write for the sake of writing – from the heart!

    Because the true power lies in that deep love, I believe. You don’t need to be performative here; you just need to perform, to show up, for your own sanity. And that is, my friend, a love language, a form of self-care, isn’t it?

    Now go and live.

    Live again. Write again.

    Go easy. Write easy.

  • Some Days, I Feel A Bit Clueless

    And maybe that’s okay.

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    Some days, like today, I feel a bit clueless. I mean, I have my tasks to do. My to-do task list for the next 10 days is kept in front of me. And I know the importance of this work very well.

    I have to write, prepare, and schedule a few – actually a lot of pieces for my blog, write a few medium articles, prepare a good amount of LinkedIn pieces, and all of this has to be completed on time. All of the writing, editing, proofreading, scheduling, publishing – everything is part of my plan to make my writing, my stories, my articles more visible online to create a valuable and reliable personal brand for myself in the long run.

    And this bigger picture and purpose make it even more important for me to show up. But I feel that “no two days will ever be the same” is actually a reminder for me. You know, I created 9 blog post pieces and 1 LinkedIn post – a total of 10 stories just the day before yesterday. And I can’t tell you how amazing I felt. I gave myself the freedom to just write the stories that come to my mind for the blog you are reading now, and boom! I happily, very happily, wrote nine stories in a single day – within 8 hours. The drafts have been saved, and I am editing and publishing them with each coming day.

    But yesterday, I didn’t feel that energy. And the maximum I managed to do was to edit two drafts and publish them. And, I am fine with it. I still have the next ten days to complete my tasks, and it’s fine.

    But today, oh god! Today, I have opened my laptop at 3:30 pm – sooooooooo late! And that too, after convincing myself enough that there’s no need to make it perfect, just show up! And that is what I am doing right now. Just showing up.

    And if you will get to know that this particular writing is the third one in my effort to show up today, and I have already scribbled and saved two drafts, then maybe you will understand the power of showing up. At least I am convinced by the power of just showing up. Good work, better work, best work, excellent work, extraordinary performance – everything will come, once you make it a point to show up. Show up unprepared. Show up with confusion. Show up with half-baked stories. Show up with a clueless feeling you have with you since morning. Just show up.

    Maybe you were clueless because some days, life decides to make you show up first and let the cluelessness fade away in the light of the day. Maybe. Who knows!

    That’s why I think, some days, it’s ok to feel a bit clueless. I think our cluelessness comes to softly nudge us towards something better. And for me, it was to show up. It was, for me, to open my laptop and write six pieces – six personal stories/ blog pieces/ blog posts without too much thinking, and see, it’s been 1 hour and 20 minutes, and I am already about to finish my third story.

    Yeah, only drafts, not the edited, proofread, polished one. Just drafts. And that works.

    Taking small steps every day to build the life, career, finances, and everything of your dreams sometimes may also feel like this. Just remember, you are only feeling clueless. You are not clueless. Go to your why. Go to your what. And figure out your how for today. You can do it. I believe in you.

    Show up happily. Show up peacefully. Show up cluelessly. That’s okay. Just show up!

    Take care.

  • Write

    Because you need to write.

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    Write, because you need to write.

    I know you are writing a lot. I know you are working a lot. You are thinking, ideating, brainstorming, discussing ideas, themes, and topics. You are researching very well for your case studies. You are refining, editing, and proofreading each and every LinkedIn post of yours, your articles, blogs, and that email newsletter – everything is being meticulously checked at least five times before anyone else’s approval.

    You are reading, browsing, scrolling, attending meetings, editing drafts, making new drafts, planning content, and learning from all the available sources you can, hoping it will boost your growth. And you are growing as well.

    Actually, you have grown. You have learnt a lot. You have become much better in your work. Your writing has become versatile. You can write for the CEOs, CxOs, founders, billionaires, and businesses across the industries without compromising the quality. And that’s excellent. Kudos to you!

    I knew you would do this. I knew you would achieve all the professional milestones, all the financial growth and success you had dreamt of. And see, you did it.

    But I need to talk to you. I am seeing that you have stopped doing something. In this business of writing copies, telling stories, building perception, branding, and business development, though you have written a lot, you have come far from writing itself.

    Do you see what I am trying to say? Can’t you see this? Isn’t it bothering you? I mean, it’s great, and it’s really awesome that you have built the fabulous financial security by doing something you love to do. It’s truly a blessing. And I am so, so, so happy for you.

    But I am missing my friend who used to write for herself — just for herself. No personal branding, no thought leadership, no brand integration, no business collaborations, no client work, no agency work, no premium global clients’ work, no emails, no pitches, no proposals, nothing of these sorts.

    I know my friend, each of these things is very important. I get that. But, I just want to remind you that you also need you. Talk to yourself. Talk to your friends. Talk to us. Talk to your diary. Or, just talk to your forgotten blog you once launched with childlike curiosity and eyes full of dreams.

    Those dreams need you too. You need yourself. You need to write for yourself. You need to write to yourself.

    Yes, you do.

    I hope you remember that.