So I didn’t do any. I aimed to. I started to. I tried to. But I can’t turn myself into a cranking-widgets-style blogger, producing diggable articles on demand, much as I want to. If I’m not inspired, I can’t write. Lame, lame, lame.
I hate that I’ve lost my beginner’s mind. I hate my jadedness and cynicism. I hate that nothing gets through to me anymore; I’m immune to new services and new excitement and even, it seems, new thoughts.
I don’t know how much is the dual viruses I’m struggling through. How much is the migraine. How much is just my own intrinsic laziness.
When I’m so tired, it’s hard to remember that I ever had any energy at all. But I remember times in the past that I did have energy and ideas and enthusiasm for something besides my nap blanket.
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Anne,
Get well soon.
I predict a break and you will be back in fine form.
Speaking as someone who blogs far too much, if you’re not inspired, you either can’t write or it takes way too much energy. Doesn’t matter what it’s about.
I personally don’t set out to create diggable posts, I set out to write about stuff that I think is interesting and others might find interesting, too. If it happens to make Digg, Slashdot, or whatever, that’s just a bonus.
Being sick sucks the life out of you, no doubt. I have faith you will find your way out of your sickness and funk, blogging as you want to.
First and foremost, feel better, Anne. Nothing worse than being sick over the holidays.
Secondly, I agree that predictions are old hat. They’re not a prerequisite for being a kick-ass blogger. Write from your gut, write your passions. That’s the stuff you want to write, and what your readers want to read.
And third, speaking of writing, just got my early-reading copy of the WWD book and I’m looking forward to tackling it before the end of this year. Thank you so much for thinking of me!
Be well, m’dear, and Happy Holidays!
Anne,
I hope you feel better soon. Please take good care of yourself.
And if you were a widget-cranking blogger who wrote even when she wasn’t inspired, I wouldn’t be reading your blog.
Hope you feel better soon, Anne!
Anne, I liked this post better than I probably would have liked one more set of predictions or year-in-review. I like real. And BTW, if you are lazy, then the rest of us are simply dead.
I’ll second Len’s comment. Far more valuable than wit, wisdom or popular appeal is where you come form. I suppose it’s that old saw, ‘what comes from the heart speaks to the heart’… and you do this beautifully Anne.
Also, sometimes being stuck isn’t such a bad thing. It can be a gift and an opportunity — another expression of life’s love for us by beckoning us to go beyond the dance we presently perform.
Just a thought!… and just to let you know that I, for one, get far more from your writing than you probably imagine.
Get well soon Anne.