Personal vs. Professional

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I started this blog as a professional outlet, to talk about writing in general, my writing specifically, and as an update for my site. Self-promotion. It’s turned, slowly, into a combination of that and a personal outlet.

Oddly, that combination has had an odd benefit to me – it’s kept me focused on the writing when I wanted to do anything but. For instance, now is not a good time for me. Long, boring story I won’t get into here, but if you’re a writer, you may know what I mean. Just a long decline that I’m struggling with. It’ll change; it always does. But it makes the writing difficult, so blogging has turned into a type of discipline, to stay on top, to keep going.

I share this, not as a whine, but as an encouragement. If you’re a writer, and you’re not blogging, or journalling, or doing a 55-exercise every day, then I truly believe you should. Start today. No matter how trivial the entries, start a journal.

Because on a writer’s journey, not every day is a high. Creativity won’t always be in full sail. God gave us life in abundance, not life on an even keel. (Forgive the sailing metaphors; it’s a theme with me right now.) Waves crest, and sometimes it’s the small things, like a journal…or a blog…that reminds us to keep going and not give up.

One thing I have noticed about this blog is that when I’m dropping, entries slack off, so you may see that some in the next few weeks. Bear with me.

And keep writing.

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