Blogger's Block
Tue 09 Aug 2011 Filed in: My Life
Has it really been three weeks since I’ve posted anything here? It’s not that there has been nothing of significance going on in my world; the last three weeks contain fodder for multiple posts. Nor is it that my life has been too busy to take time to write. It’s been busy - sort of - measured, that is, on the retired-dude scale. But it’s not been that busy.
It might seem that not writing has its advantages: One less activity, and therefor a bit more margin in one’s life. But that is not the case. Writing is part of who I am, and so not writing creates an uncomfortable void. Sometimes there seem to be good reasons not to write; sometimes writing is painful. But the inescapable reality is that not writing is also painful. There is no good way out of that dilemma.
Except, perhaps, to write, because that’s what writers do. So I’m back, and I don’t think it will be three weeks until the next post appears.
It might seem that not writing has its advantages: One less activity, and therefor a bit more margin in one’s life. But that is not the case. Writing is part of who I am, and so not writing creates an uncomfortable void. Sometimes there seem to be good reasons not to write; sometimes writing is painful. But the inescapable reality is that not writing is also painful. There is no good way out of that dilemma.
Except, perhaps, to write, because that’s what writers do. So I’m back, and I don’t think it will be three weeks until the next post appears.
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