Confessions of A Blogging Dropout

Last night, I thought of posting a new blog... after 7 long months.  I ended up sleeping without turning the computer off.  Talk about delinquency...

And now, I sit here in front of my computer.  Thinking about what to write.  And I couldn't think of any!

Yes, my friends.  I have become a blogging dropout.  I cannot put a thousand words together to write about anything.  I couldn't say that there weren't any excitements in my life for the past 7 months.  Maybe it's just the drive to write that's gone out of the window.

But how can that be?  I used to write for a living!  If I still did, I would be homeless, hungry and unclothed right now.  But what can I do to re-ignite my passion for writing?

After a brief introspection, I came to the conclusion that in order for me to get back on the writing wagon, I need to do 5 things.  Thanks to about.com, I found 5 simple things to do in order to get rid of writer's block.

1. Get started!  I kept postponing my writing for days.  Eventually, the days turned into weeks, weeks in to months--7 months to be exact!  Hopefully, this entry would jumpstart my writing.
2. Capture ideas.  Oh, I do that!  I have this folder in my computer labelled "Research" where I save ideas for writing.  I guess I just have to "unfreeze" these ideas and turn them into blog entries.
3. Cope with the badness.  Sometimes, what stops me from writing is the thought that I might write something terrible & unworthy of being read.  However, William Stanford, a widely-read America poet, said, "Lower your standards and keep writing."  So, ok.
4. Establish a routine.  Uh-oh... I think this is another problem area for me.  I hate routines.  *sigh*
5. Write!  Now, we've come full circle.  I can't let laziness overpower me!  I gotta write!

Funny, as I write this, my prayer time keeps coming into my mind.  Yep, I confess.  Not only have I been remiss with my writing, I have taken my prayer time for granted as well.  Mine's more of a now-you-pray-now-you-don't life.  (If my prayer group leader would see this, she'd schedule me for a one-to-one session right away!)  Like, I'd pray religiously each morning for, say, a month or 2 or even 3, then go back to a quick, "Good morning, Lord!".  Then, I'd learn a creative way of praying, but after a few months, I'd get bored again.  And then it's back to the quickies.

Sheesh!  God really knows how to make me see my folly.  It happens every time--He just uses people, things or activities that are dear to me to teach me important and life-changing lessons.  

So, what now, brown cow?  I guess it' resolution time.  As I beef up my writing, I guess I need to strengthen my prayer time too.  I have to get started, find creative ways of praying, pray even when I don't feel like it, pick a regular prayer time (Ugh!  The routine!), and just pray!

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. -Thessalonians 5:16-18