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Writer's Block and My New Favorite Person

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 One of my notable plans for 2021- of which I haven't spoken of to anybody other than few close people- was this writing project that I've been aiming at since 2 years ago. If you write regularly then you are already a writer. However, as soon as you start identifying yourself as one, you unintentionally set up to go through frequent writer blocks and painful blankness, until you start to question what makes you qualified for such position to begin with! Why would anybody refer to you as a writer for that matter?! At least, this is what went on for me.  For this reason, I find myself again reminded with, why labels usually constrain more than they do orient us. Recently I came across this very hope inducing advice from one of my highly respected thinkers of our modern time, Dr. Jordan Peterson. Any words I could ever construct to express how much of a motivating as well as a calming role he's played for me during this lockdown, would be an understatement! So let's refle