How I spent 2 years on not writing a blog

by Yatan

A post about all the things i did except writing

Many people say they want to write a blog — to share ideas, build consistency, improve their writing. I am one of those people.

And like many people, I spent a long time doing everything except writing.

1) Tried Every Editor and Format

• Word
• Google Docs
• LaTeX
• MacDown
• VS Code
• UpNote
• Scribl
• Wordpress
• Ghost

Question I asked myself: Why not try them all?
Choice paralysis: upgraded. 😄

2) Tried Every Hosting Setup

Static site generators:

• Hugo
• Jekyll
• 11ty
• Gatsby
• Astro
• Ghost
• GitHub Pages
• Vercel

I configured, reconfigured, copied, broke, rewrote, and repeated. Revisionism disguised as “getting ready to write.”

3) Then Didn’t Write Because…

• I didn’t have enough time
• It felt uncomfortable
• Who am I to write about this?
• It wouldn’t be good enough
• I still needed to fix the tech first
• Basically, it felt uncomfortable — and that was enough

4) What Actually Helped

My process now is simple:

• Use the simplest possible tech — GitHub Pages with a basic Jekyll setup
• Set a timer
• Start writing
• When time’s up, stop and publish

That’s it.

Written in under 20 minutes — not to impress you, but to help me build momentum.