The Four Months Worth Experience of Writing

Introduction

I’ve always wanted to communicate better

People often told me they didn’t understand what I was trying to say. At first, I dismissed it. But once I started writing regularly, I began to realize there was some truth in it.

Initially, I thought writing would simply improve my communication skills. Over time, it became something more.

Writing forced me to slow down and organize my thoughts clearly. Through that process, I started noticing other benefits beyond communication itself.

Over the past four months, writing has changed the way I think, learn, and express ideas. This article is a reflection on that journey.

My Background

A personal website is crucial for a portfolio today

That sentence stayed in my mind ever since I first heard it.

With today’s economic conditions, relying on a single source of income no longer feels secure. I’ve been aware of this for years and have constantly thought about building something beyond my current job.

When I discovered the idea of writing and building a personal website, I felt that it could become a starting point.

The goal was never to abandon my current career. Instead, it was to develop valuable skills and create additional income streams over time.

As the Money Coach once said:

Assets, Emergency Funds, Bonds, Stocks can all disappear. The true meaning of financial freedom is the ability to make money even when you have nothing.

That idea stayed with me.

My portfolio became the foundation for that journey.

My Journey as a Writer

Over the past four months, I have written a total of 20 long form articles and 34 short form posts.

My long form contents are published on my personal website, My Quiet Horizon while my short form writings are published in Midgard.

Both platforms serve different purposes, but together they shaped my growth as a writer.

My Quiet Horizon

Quiet Horizon was published on December, 25, 2025. Initially, the purpose of this website is to serve as my Personal Portfolio. Over time, it evolved into a training ground for writing, thinking and expressing ideas clearly. At this present moment, this hasn’t change but there are a lot of potential improvements that could be made.

The contents on this website focuses on three main areas.

• Photo Studies – Articles exploring photographic locations, composition choices, editing decisions, and the thought process behind each image.
• Data Studies – Projects focused on data analysis, visualization, and interpreting patterns through graphs and statistical observations. This serves as my portfolio as a Data Analyst
• Skills and Perspectives – Articles covering practical skills, personal reflections, and perspectives on topics related to learning, discipline, communication, and self-development.

All articles on Quiet Horizon are written as long form content. Each takes roughly ten minutes to read and is published once a week.

Aside from these articles, a website also contain other pages

• Photography Portfolio – collection of my photography work
• Data Analyst Portfolio – a collection of my data related projects
• Actual Life – a page promoting my services as an Actual Life Facilitator

There is also an About Me section that functions as a short personal profile.

Midgard: A Place to Think, Write and Share on Earth

I started writing on Midgard on 2nd, April, 2026.

The intention was simple: Write Everyday

Unlike Quiet Horizon, the topics on Midgard are not heavily structured. The focus is consistency.

Most posts are short form content between 200 to 500 words, taking roughly two to five minutes to read.

These posts are usually summaries of ideas and concepts I recently learned. The sources vary:

• Youtube videos
• Long Form Facebook posts
• learning platforms
• book reflections
• condensed version of articles written on Quiet Horizon

Midgard became a place to practice consistency, distill ideas and sharpen my understanding through repetition.

My Reflections on Writing

Short Form vs. Long Form Content

To me, short form and long form writing train different skills.

Short form writing is about distillation. The goal is to reduce an idea to its core essence while keeping the main message clear.

For example, a short post about communication may only contain several key principles without detailed explanations or examples.

Long form writing works differently. It requires expansion, structure, and depth. Ideas must be fully explained, supported with reflections, and connected naturally from beginning to end.

For example, a long form content about communication may include

• A structured introduction
• My personal background
• Detailed explanations
• Reflections
• Conclusion

Both forms of writing are valuable, but they challenge different parts of the mind

Short form writing trains clarity through compression

Long form writing trains clarity through expansion

More examples of both forms of contents can be viewed here:

Short form contents: https://midgardisnotaplace.com/warbenzth

Long form contents: https://myquiethorizon.com

My Challenges

Over the past four months, writing consistently has been far more difficult than I initially expected.

The biggest challenge was discipline.

In the beginning, it was fun but after several weeks of writing, the process became mentally exhausting. I constantly thought about what to write next. Some days, I simply wanted to stop.

What kept me going at that time is my resolution.

Deep down, I believe I can do more with my life. I believe I can improve, build meaningful skills, and create better opportunities for myself. Writing became part of that process.

Overtime, long form content shifted from obligation to habit. Instead of forcing myself to write, I instinctively write.

Short form contents however, felt different.

There are still several times I felt resistance. Part of me wants to avoid the pressure of writing consistently everyday. But discipline is what kept me going.

The biggest challenge I faced is managing both platforms.

As the workload increases, my mindset shifted from quality work to keeping up with schedule. That balance between consistency and quality became one of the hardest parts in the process.

My Quiet Horizon

The biggest challenge with writing on Quiet Horizon was expansion.

Each article is designed as long form content with roughly 1,800 words. Reaching that length consistently was far more difficult than I expected.

Finding topics was never the issue. I had already built a structured system around three categories:

• Photo Studies
• Skills and Perspectives
• Data Studies

The real difficulty was developing ideas deeply enough to sustain an entire article.

There were many moments where I reached around 800 words and suddenly ran out of things to say. That was usually the point where the real work began.

To make things more challenging, clarity and readability were major priorities for me. I regularly used AI to refine grammar and simplify sentences. Ironically, this often reduced my article length by several hundred words.

Eventually, I realized that stronger writing required deeper research.

One example was my article on the One Piece collaboration at Lumphini Park. My first draft barely reached 1,000 words. To expand the article meaningfully, I researched the event further and connected it with landscape photography perspectives around the park itself.

That process taught me an important lesson:
good long form writing is not about stretching ideas. It is about deepening them.

Midgard

Writing on Midgard felt almost like the opposite experience.

The rules were simple:

• write every day
• keep the posts short
• allow complete freedom in topic selection

At first, this felt easy.

But after writing consistently for several weeks, I started running into a different problem: running out of ideas.

There were days where I spent more time searching for a topic than actually writing the post itself.

Eventually, this habit pushed me to learn new ideas regularly just to maintain consistency.

Some nights, I found myself writing close to midnight simply because I still had not decided what to write about.

At times, the process felt mentally draining. But despite that, I continued because the habit itself had become important to me.

What I’ve gained from doing this

Overall, writing improved my ability to organize thoughts, explain ideas clearly, and communicate my thought process more effectively.

William Zinsser once wrote:

clear thinking leads to clear writing and clear writing also sharpens thinking

I understand this much more deeply now.

Both Quiet Horizon and Midgard played important roles in that process.

Although both platforms helped me improve as a writer, the benefits I gained from each are different.

My Quiet Horizon

Writing long form content on Quiet Horizon taught me how to understand ideas more deeply.

One example is photography.

Before writing Photo Studies articles, many of my editing and composition decisions were instinctive. I understood what looked good visually, but I could not always explain why.

Writing forced me to slow down and analyze my thought process carefully.

Instead of relying purely on instinct, I began understanding:

• why certain compositions work
• how leading lines affect attention
• how lighting changes emotional tone
• why specific editing decisions improve storytelling

Long form writing pushed me to explain each step clearly. Over time, that process strengthened both my understanding and my ability to express it.

Midgard

Midgard helped me differently.

For a long time, I struggled to remember concepts after learning them. I could understand ideas temporarily, but they often faded quickly.

Writing short form content changed that.

By summarizing concepts into their core principles, I was forced to process information actively instead of consuming it passively.

Over time, I noticed that I began remembering ideas more clearly and connecting them naturally with other things I had learned.

More importantly, the habit of writing daily encouraged me to continue learning consistently.

The process of summarizing and explaining ideas helped deepen my understanding of them.

My Next Steps

The past four months has been extremely valuable to me. But at the same time, it also revealed my limits.

Managing both platforms continuously began to affect the quality of my work. Overtime, I noticed that my focus shifted from creating meaningful contents to simply keeping up with schedule.

That realization made me rethink how I wan to move forward.

The first major change is stepping away from short form content for now.

While writing on Midgard helped me develop consistency and sharpen my ability to summarize ideas, maintaining daily posts alongside long form writing became mentally exhausting. At this stage, I would rather focus my energy on producing fewer but stronger pieces of work.

As a result, I decided to place my full attention on Quiet Horizon.

The second major change involves the direction of my portfolio itself.

Initially, Quiet Horizon was built around three categories:

• Photo Studies
• Skills and Perspectives
• Data Studies

But over time, my interests began expanding beyond data analysis alone.

As I continued learning about software engineering, programming and artificial intelligence, I realized that I no longer wanted to limit my portfolio strictly to Data Studies.

Because of that, I decided to broaden the category into Computer Engineering Studies.

This change allows the portfolio to grow alongside my interests instead of restricting them.

Rather than documenting only my journey as a data analyst, Quiet Horizon will now become a place that reflects my broader journey.

Conclusion

Looking back at the past four months, writing has become far more meaningful to me than I originally expected.

What started as an attempt to improve communication slowly evolved into something deeper. Through writing, I became more aware of how I think, learn, reflect, and process ideas.

The journey itself was not easy. There were moments of exhaustion, resistance, self-doubt, and mental fatigue. At times, maintaining consistency felt more difficult than the writing itself.

But despite all that, I’m glad I continued.

Writing forced me to slow down and think more clearly. It pushed me to organize ideas, deepen my understanding, and express thoughts with greater precision. More importantly, it gave me a stronger sense of direction.

Looking back now, I no longer see writing as simply producing content for a website. I see it as part of my personal growth.

There is still a long way to go. My writing still has many weaknesses, and there are countless things left for me to learn. But perhaps that is part of the process itself.

For now, I simply want to continue learning, refining my thoughts, and building Quiet Horizon one step at a time.

Disclosures

AI tools were used to assist with outlining, clarification, and editing suggestions.
All ideas, interpretations, and final writing decisions are my own.

References

Money Coach (2023), Personal Finance Course (Class 11)
Zinsser, W. (2006). On writing well: The classic guide to writing nonfiction (30th anniversary ed.). HarperCollins.
Data Rockie School (2025), Data Science Bootcamp 12, https://data-science-bootcamp1.teachable.com/p/data-science-bootcamp-12