Aw, gee whiz. I said I was going to blog every day, and then yesterday – my second day – I didn’t blog. A site outage (ok, my site was suspended by the host because I forgot to pay the bill) derailed my good intentions, and by the time the site was back up it was well into the afternoon. I had every intention of sitting down and writing, but other things were more urgent by then. You know – hunting down and making dinner, unwinding, refreshing my Etsy listings… everything but blogging. And then my husband Darin came home and he really is more important than blogging.
No blogging yesterday.
And I don’t know if you’re anything like me, but I experience this phenomena in other areas of my life too. (Exercising comes to mind.) The important takes a back seat to the urgent all too often. I have a mental list of important things and I give mental lip service to the fact that these things need attention. Here’s my current list:
- My husband
- My kids at home
- My health (physical and mental)
- My true identity (being who I am)
- My adult kids
- My extended family
- My circle of friends
The reason I am committing to blogging every day is because I believe that writing is a true expression of myself. When I don’t do it, I am denying who I am, and I often stop writing when I am trying to hide something (usually subconsciously) because I know that when I write on a regular basis it is an open window to my heart. Can’t hide in front of an open window. There’s no glare to blind the observer, and the wind comes in to carry the perfume of my attitude out into the open.
That’s really important to me. So today I did it (almost) first. And as the days go by, I’ll work on keep this important thing as one of the first things I do each day. I’m looking forward to the insights.
