Whether you believe, or not, in Maslow's hierarchy of fear and subsistence, let's consider writing in this context for a second.
For anyone who writes because they must, that need falls under the physiological imperatives of food, water, shelter and sleep. Taken to the next step, this discipline is also tied to our assurance of physical and emotional safety. We control the outcomes.
The next one, that social need for love, affection and belonging can be fed through online groups of like-minded individuals, in classrooms and just sitting next to a stranger writing in a cafe. The esteem part is where we have to feed ourselves long enough to trust our work with others.
Finally, continued writing provides the self-actualizing need for self-fulfillment and personal development.
Once again, writing proves nothing to anyone else and everything to the person who writes day after day and year after year.
For anyone who writes because they must, that need falls under the physiological imperatives of food, water, shelter and sleep. Taken to the next step, this discipline is also tied to our assurance of physical and emotional safety. We control the outcomes.
The next one, that social need for love, affection and belonging can be fed through online groups of like-minded individuals, in classrooms and just sitting next to a stranger writing in a cafe. The esteem part is where we have to feed ourselves long enough to trust our work with others.
Finally, continued writing provides the self-actualizing need for self-fulfillment and personal development.
Once again, writing proves nothing to anyone else and everything to the person who writes day after day and year after year.
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