Stuck in Season
I can't say that I really have a block, I mean I'm doing it right now, what I can say is that I am woefully uninspired and ridiculously tired but it still tugs at me, this whole writing thing.
14 years ago, a time in which I was particularly "churchy" I was working a job but not loving it, having problems at home, having issues with life in general and was in search of a purpose. Deeply into the Bible and Christian books I had just read a book by Myles Munroe called In Pursuit of Purpose. I remember kneeling down on a hot summer evening in front of the bed and praying to God, asking what is it that you have called me to do? I didn't get any interference, feedback nor confusion, the answer that I received was writing.
Since that time I've written about God, football, running, politics and all manner of random things on several blogs. Maybe too many, yet in the last few years, I have noticed that my productivity has declined dramatically and this year, 2011 has probably been the least productive of any year since that kneel down 14 years ago.
How did it happen?
I got caught up, in life stuff. Trying to get the ends in the vicinity of each other, let alone meet. Working a whole hell of a lot and playing very little and...
battling the ever present D (won't say it because I don't want to give it power) which at one point had me in such a tail-spin that I did not think I would breathe again. All to end up right here in yet another season of discontent with my lack of writing productivity. What I found out upon landing in this season is that the best thing to do to move forward is to make a move. In this case, blather on about being a writer who doesn't write. My hope is that this is a start and not a false one, to get me going again.
What do you do when you get stuck, when life happens and that thing that you love is tugging at you to embrace it again? Let me know in the comments.
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