How does your consumption look like?

Since getting into writing seriously, I realised that sometimes I was running out of ideas. I was looping around same ideas, nothing new. I was trying to figure out why. I think I found out why.

I have also started cooking. I try to make something with what is available. Better the ingredients, better the meal.

This also applies to reading and writing habits. If you aspire to be a writer, you need new and varied thoughts. You need raw material to work on. That comes from the whatever it is that you consume.

People consume everything online, YouTube videos, podcasts, reels etc. What you consume determines how you think. This is why a section of the world has become an echo-chamber, especially politics and human rights.

To be able to write differently, you should be able to think differently. That doesn’t happen if you are consuming the same thing as everyone else. If you want to stand out, read different books and sources, not just the random self help books that instagram is suggesting since past few months. Read widely, read beyond what you think is your area.

I, am a work in progress.