Resuming Writing After a Month Break

Ethan ZhangEthan Zhang
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Writing - English Practice

✍️ Type: Free writing / Reflection


Hi there,

I haven’t been writing for about a month because I got an assignment:
to build a project using Domain-Driven Design and deploy it on both Azure and AWS with GitHub Actions.

I had never used Azure or AWS before, so this project has been more than just an assignment for me — it’s a real challenge and a wonder project. I’ve tried my best to work on it every day, even late at night after getting home. Honestly, without AI’s help, I couldn’t have made it this far.

But because I put all my attention into coding, I had no time or energy left for writing.
And that bothers me.
Breaking my writing habit makes me feel anxious and guilty, even though I know I wasn’t wasting my time — I was learning and making progress.

When I keep writing, I feel I’m moving forward and growing. After stopping, I feel like I broke the chain I had kept for over 20 days. I truly want to maintain my reading-writing cycle, because I know how valuable it is for me.

Thanks for reading this far.
Leave a comment below — I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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Hi there, I haven't kept writing for about a month, as I got an assignment that built a project using Domain Disign Driven and deploy it on Azure and AWS with Github Action.

I've never used Azure and AWS before, it's a wonder project for me, not just an assigment. So I try my best to do it every day, focus to complish it in a month. Even reached home at night. And AI helps me a lot during working on the project, without AI's help I even can not finish it. Pay my all attation on it, so I have no time and energy to write.

Without writting days, I aways feel bad about breaking habits, even though I'm beening better in coding, just not pay effort in writing, and not wasting my time. When I keep writing, I can feel in progress, keep moving forward. After breaking, I feel nervours and 焦虑 and 负罪感. I broke my chains, which I had kept for over 20 days. I'm truly want to keep the reading-writing circle, I understand its value for me.

Thanks for reading this far. Leave a comment below.

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