Ideas are tricky things. They have minds of their own. Having an idea does not mean it will do as you wish. It’s as likely to f*ck your sh*t right up.

Sometimes you might have an idea and in the process of working through it, the little bugger dashes off in an unexpected direction. Then there are the times it splits in to multiple competing ideas.

It’s happened to me a few times. I had an idea for a post but when I sat down to write it the piece went in an entirely different direction. This is confusing. Or at least it is for me. I end up wondering about the original direction, if it was any good and if I should pursue it.

By following the new path the original direction was abandoned. Does that mean the original direction had lesser value? Does it mean that the new direction is simply a better way to express the core of the idea. Without exploring the original direction further I’m yet unsure if both directions are different expressions of the core idea or if there is something truly new to be expressed.

The original direction may have put up too many barriers to be explored. The new direction may have just bypassed the barriers and allowed me to write. Writing is thinking after all. If the idea in my mind can’t be expressed then it isn’t ready.

Perhaps some of these ideas will be revisited in time. When they are ready and when I can express them more readily.