Thlog #9

            Coming up with ideas for my WP3 was difficult for me. It is both a gift and a curse to have so much freedom with choosing a genre. It feels like picking what you want to eat in a really long menu; sure it’s nice that there are a lot of options, but there’s so many to choose from you can’t decide. Once I did decide on my genres, there was this doubt whether I can keep them or not. Connecting the topic of my article to the genre is the hardest part for me and what keeps me from sticking to my chosen genres. What I learned this week is that it’s totally fine to let your first ideas go. I have a habit of keeping my original ideas because I feel as if I’ve put so much effort in cultivating them that it’s a waste to throw them away. Sometimes sticking to them works because I get ideas that make them work out in the end. But other times I think to myself about the potential my ideas have and I force them in a direction where they’re not supposed to go. I go through more trouble keeping the old rather than investing in the new, and it’s hard for to figure out when to leave or stay.

            The peer review activity helped me open my eyes to what I needed to do. Reading the comments made by the peer reviewers sparked more ideas in my head which I thought had the same potential as my old ideas. Having the mindset that I could let go of the old got me thinking even more. I did not completely abandoned my old ideas used them to boost my new ones. Now my mind doesn’t feel stuck on particular ideas; it’s the ideas that stick to my mind.