The last update on the public account was on September 28th. If it is delayed again, it will be suspended for a month. As an amateur writer, it has been almost a month since the last update, but there are still people reading my articles, and I have even gained a few more fans. It is really unexpected. Today, I will share new content to express my gratitude.
Writing a diary is the simplest and lowest-cost form of writing. Recently, I have been preparing for the teaching qualification exam, which will be held in about ten days. On the way, I heard my roommate discussing the essay topic for the first subject of the teaching qualification exam. He said that he hasn't written an essay since high school graduation, and now he doesn't know what to write when he picks up a pen.
This situation is somewhat similar to "forgetting how to write" because we have less contact with writing in our daily lives, and when we actually need to use it, we have completely forgotten. People are used to typing on keyboards and rarely pick up pens to write on paper. People are used to expressing their opinions and thoughts through videos and voice messages, rarely using writing as a means to record their thoughts.
At the same time, I also heard my roommate say, "I don't know what to write, so I always start with 'I think'." Regarding this point, I have my own opinion, which is what the title above said, "Writing a diary is the simplest and lowest-cost form of writing." I have seen many people set a requirement for themselves to write a certain number of words at a fixed time every day, without limitations on content, genre, or form. For ordinary people, this may be a bit difficult to achieve, but writing a diary is something that everyone can do.
Every night before going to bed, take out your phone and write down who you met, what happened/experienced today, what content you shared with someone, or what you ate in the morning, noon, and evening. Even if it is a simple diary, it is still a record of your life.
A diary doesn't have to be written with great literary style. As long as it truthfully records the events of the day and your feelings, it is valuable. I now treat writing a diary as a review and reflection of each day, recording everything in chronological order from morning to night. It can be as short as a couple hundred words or as long as five to six hundred words. The more you write, the more skilled you will become.
The hardest part is not what to write, but to keep writing.
Life is your source of inspiration.
Today, I read an article on Medium titled "How to find what to write — everyday." The author shared his views from four aspects on how to find content to write about, which may be helpful for those who write frequently.
The structure of the article is simple and clear, and the author has two main points.
The first one is "Use Your Resources," making full use of the resources we have.
They include "Reading/Books/Internet," "Family/Friends/People," "Professional Life/Work," and "Hobbies." In short, reading, people, profession, and interests.
I saw a highlighted sentence, "Your life is usually the best and limitless resource to find things to write about." For writing, your life is usually the best and limitless resource.
What to write? The articles and books we have read, the information we have browsed on the internet; the people around us, including family, friends, and strangers; our professional content or work; the things we love and are passionate about, various hobbies.
The second point that I agree with is "Keep Going and Write Often."
We may find it difficult to find new things to write about, but our lives are an infinite source of ideas. Keep moving forward, open your heart, and be ready to embrace new ideas at any time. By writing often, ideas and inspiration will come to you naturally.
People die, but long live GitHub!
A few days ago, the actor who played Hagrid, Robbie Coltrane, passed away. In a previous interview, he said that even after 50 years, when he is no longer here, Hagrid will still be there, and generations of people will continue to read "Harry Potter."
This reminded me of an article I read titled "People Die, but Long Live GitHub," which suggests archiving our own articles on GitHub. Even decades later, when we may no longer be here, our traces will still exist on GitHub.
This is also why I stopped using WordPress and switched to the static blog program Hugo.
GitHub has become one of the most important infrastructures on the internet, with too many people and things directly or indirectly relying on GitHub. Unless humanity no longer needs open-source code in the future (which is clearly impossible), I can't imagine GitHub being shut down. For GitHub, existing for 100 years is nothing, and even 500 years is not impossible. This is my prediction, it may not be accurate, but I am quite confident.
Anyway, for our goal of 100 years, GitHub is fully capable.
My personal blog used to be hosted on WordPress, running on a cloud server, with high dependence on the server and high annual costs. Recently, I moved to the GitHub platform, using the static blog program Hugo and GitHub Pages service. Now, I only need to renew the domain name every year, greatly reducing the cost.