Battling inertia
For all my grandiose talk about going mano-a-mano against writers block, time management, and using to-do lists I still get hit by bouts of inertia. Like the bout of inertia that I’m facing now. Well, let me clarify that: this has been affecting my article writing. I’ve got a bunch of articles to finish, but I can’t seem to get the thoughts from my head through to my fingertips and on to my computer via the keyboard.
There are a lot of reasons for what’s happening. Once again, I’ve taken on more assignments that I can comfortably handle. I have to finish creating the slides and a script for a presentation; and have to finish a proposal for another presentation. And my wife has been on a bit of a renovation bing — I’m spending a lot of my free time working around the house rather than banging off articles.
Taken together, that’s sapped my energy and my will. I’m somewhat overwhelmed and that’s causing the inertia.
Luckily, I’ve been slowly gaining ground in this battle. I’m doing a little here and a little there, and I’m slowly catching up. Not quickly enough, it seems sometimes, which has been adding to the inertia whenever I do have the time and energy to do more work.
The bottom line? I’m taking a short break from posting in this space. I’ll be back in a week or two. In the meantime, why not post a comment about how you fight inertia, writer’s block, or whatever you want to call it.
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