"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
--Benjamin Franklin I think about this quote a ton. The main aspect I dwell on is the single word question that inevitably follows each time I read the quote: HOW? Especially when you see the person behind the quote, Benjamin Franklin. How do you write something WORTH reading or do something WORTH writing? I get hung up on the idea of WORTH. What is worth the time or money (or someone else's for that matter)? And I come back to the idea of what stokes your passion. What is worth it to you? And that part of it has to be honest and true and real, down to your soul. You can lie to others, but you can't lie to yourself, not forever anyway. What's worth it to you? What's worth spending your energy, time and life on? That's what you need to write.
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