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This Blog of Mine


I know, I know, it's been well over a week since I've written a new blog post. My intentions when I created this blog were to actually try and write at least one or two a week. That was what I had hoped for, but let me explain to you what happened this past week...

Last Thursday I woke up on my day off, sat down on the couch and started to write. About ten minutes in and I realized I had nothing to say. It wasn't writer's block. It wasn't because of a lack of ideas or events to talk about. Honestly, I've had several family issues and work situations arise recently that I could've easily discussed.

But as I read over the three full paragraphs I had already written so effortlessly, I realized every word, every sentence, all of it lacked true emotion and real conviction. The post was just meaningless words I had constructed out of repetition and reflex, which is the opposite of what I'm about. I never want to be that type of person.

See, almost every day that I have been off of work since I started this blog back in July, I have followed the same path; the same routine; the same ol same ol. I have let my creative outlet and passion turn into a dull ritual of nothingness.

I wake up. I go downstairs. I get something to drink. I sit on the couch. I open up Blogger. I blog for thirty minutes to an hour. I edit. And then I post.

What started as a release for me and a hope that I was inspiring and motivating others who were reading it, had turned into just another ritual void of any passion.

I slowly hit the backspace button and watched as each letter was removed from my blog post. It was bittersweet. I felt freedom knowing I didn't have to post on my day off, but on the flip side I also felt let-down that I allowed my blogging to become so robotic.

I want to write from my heart to inspire others... not just simply because I have a blog. What I'm trying to say is, please learn from me and my mistakes...

Be passionate. Be free.
Don't let life become a routine.

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