Tag: writing struggle
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Distracted Focus
An interesting concept came up the other day. It involved the idea of daydreaming about the future and waiting for things to happen. In this case, it was discussing the idea that happiness didn’t have to wait for the terms of such things of, “I’ll be happy when I get a new house,” or “I’ll…
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Trying…
These last few days slipped past me. Early on the motivation and ideas needed to fill out a blog post were non-existent. Instead of focusing on this, I moved on, thinking that something would be figured out later in the day. Then night hit and while I was able to write to achieve my daily…
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Resume
On the 6th this month, my family and I spent the day driving from Philadelphia back to Chicago. It was a somewhat expected/unexpected trip to Philly. Unfortunate circumstances seem to be the biggest thing pulling us back lately to where my wife and I grew up and where the bulk of each of our families…
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Some Days Are Harder…
It took until nearly 7pm at night before the writing even started. There was no family emergency. There was no other thing going on. For some reason, I simply could not get the motivation to write. Instead, I went about the day as though writing was not a priority. Eventually, as the time slipped away,…
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Writing the Excuses 5 – The Other Excuses
In keeping with the suggestion I made for myself in my post, “In The Numbers”, I am going to go over the 4 excuses that Dean Wesley Smith listed in his own article that inspired the aforementioned post. In this post, I’ll go over some extra stuff, excuses that I use as Dean says: “And…
