In The Quiet Moments
I like to write in the quiet moments. My last post was April 28, 2011. Two years ago. There have not been a lot of quiet moments since then.
From time to time, I will start a new exercise regimen. I will dive headlong into it, declaring THIS to be the time that I will reach my potential as an athlete, rid my body of those pesky toxins and finally fit back into those skinny jeans that barely fit before my third baby was delivered by C-section. I will find new motivations and time will magically appear in my day where I can squeeze in a workout. I will dress in exercise clothes because I am a person who exercises, and I want you to know it.
In those times, it seems so easy, like something that I could have been doing all along. But then I'll get a sinus infection, or go on a vacation, or it'll rain for a week so I can't run and life gets in the way and the skinny jeans get tucked further back in the closet and the sneakers get dusty, and the thought of picking up where I left off is entirely too discouraging, so I'll eat a cookie. And after a few weeks of cookies instead of crunches, the fat jeans shrink on me and I'll find myself with a window of time that seems right for exercise and I will be paralyzed. I will think about exercising, maybe even plan on it, usually dress for it, and then I will have another cookie and plan to workout tomorrow.
And now, after a two year hiatus from the keyboard, I find myself with a quiet moment and I am frozen. Momentum completely lost, brain out of shape, lamenting the amount of time lost on whatever personal journey writing carries me.
Alas. I make no declarations about THIS being the time where I reach my potential as a blogger, but I do acknowledge that my brain craves the activity, and it's a muscle I'd like to keep fit.
Sooo...any writing prompts? Suggestions? Stories you'd like to hear? I'm going to need some help putting the cookie down.
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