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Where have I been all this time and why is it now fall and I don't have my website up for feedback yet? I got stuck and then I got busy. These two add up to disengagement. Procrastination and excuses. So I started a new job but I thought I could handle working on the website in the evenings, after work, plus I used to bring my laptop to work (I had an hour lunch) and I was actually listening to training during my lunch break...and then I didn't. I got stuck looking for information for "gravatar" and of course I didn't ask for help. But there were things to do at home, and other hobbies, etc. so I didn't persist. Still don't have a gravatar, but I think I have an article saved up somewhere that I was going to post, but that is still a work in progress. I thought to myself...this is just like the gym...the point where the enthusiasm wears off, I no longer see my goal, and I waste my time without realizing I waste my time. I don't even want to write this blog, I know I'm rambling on a "piece of screen" that's going to be viewed by a bunch of people, but really, it's my disappointment with myself wanting to get out, turn around and look back at me, hopefully with the result that I'm now really going to set aside 1 hour every night to JUST WORK ON MY WEBSITE! Yes, after work, with the small, little worried voice in the "brain behind the brain" saying "but it's gonna be dark when I get home, my brain is going to be fried, there's going to be stuff like dishes and laundry and TV and...it's going to be bedtime before you have a chance to do anything on your website". Puah! I should know better but I forget easier. At least I have the satisfaction of starting a great job that I've been dreaming of for years! But this is the other part of me that I don't want to let go of! I'm not going to get lost on the path because I chose the path and it still speaks to me today. So today I'm back to training, back to thrusting myself back into the spotlight (and I don't like spotlights in general) and reaching for information, for learning, for inspiration. Someone said time is a construct of the human mind...well, then my battle with it must be in my imagination, where it keeps me under its thumb! In this lifetime though, I will publish my website, and soon!
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Well done, Roberta! I wasted over a year and a half before I finally got down to business, and while I am still slow, I work on my site as much as I can.
Good to see that you are back in the saddle!
Jeff🤠
It's so easy to get sidetracked with all the responsibilities we have elsewhere. I myself haven't touched my own blog in over a week. I figure soon I will push myself to figure a routine out around work and life. I need to dedicate myself to this the same as I do my current job (only not for that many hours).
As one who used to self publish, I remember another obstacle is often those around us don't view what we are doing as work, and feel free to interrupt us constantly and don't understand when we get frustrated.
So many ways to get distracted and worn down. So best we can do is get back to it and figure out a new way to make a routine. The routine part is crucial, as they say t he first few weeks of anything we do is the hardest, and then after that it gets easier as we have incorporated it into our structure as part of our to do list.
Best of luck moving forward, and hope the training dusts off whatever cobwebs there are and helps get you excited :)
Thank you Jason and I know routines are hard to start, unfortunately, but you're right, a few weeks of doing the task are crucial to keep momentum going
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Hey Roberta, I am just seeing this for the first time today. I can understand life getting busy. I still have my website but I haven't posted anything in over a year now. I also need to get back on it as well. Did you ever get your website up?