Bummed about blogging

There are three blog posts sitting in my drafts folder that I just can’t finish. It’s been a struggle to blog regularly, as I usually only have an hour to myself at the end of the day and I can’t always spend it on writing, even though I want to. Blogging isn’t my favourite form of writing either, though I know it’s all the rage these days if you want to promote yourself or build content. Or force yourself to write regularly even when you don’t want to. Maybe I’ll finish those posts one day, or maybe they just aren’t meant to be.

Even though I’m not blogging much, I am doing regular writing exercises, though often I’m only able to put together one or two sentences for each. I spent a good chunk of time recently going through all my writing exercises and organizing them into folders on my computer and I’ve generated a decent amount of copy even with the small bit of time I’ve had to write, so it hasn’t been a total failure. Most of it is probably unusable, but it’s something. It’s gotten me thinking about what I could achieve if I put more time into writing. The next step is to start writing longer pieces for these exercises—maybe hold myself to writing at least one paragraph each exercise instead of settling for a sentence.

I’ve also started thinking about writing paid pieces on the side again, though I’m struggling with very low energy levels so I don’t know how to make that happen. I’d have to start by only doing projects I’m passionate about. Apart from that, I’m still navigating the challenges of finding the will to write after work when my day job involves writing, and gathering the courage to share my more personal writing. It’s just a matter of stopping all the fussing and posting the damn blogs, but I always seem to find an excuse for why I can’t. I just need to do it.