TEN REASONS WHY

(THIS BLOG POST IS LATE)

by Judy Enderle

Okay. First want to let you know that Laurie missed her post month because of a manuscript revision deadline and a family wedding and company, company, company. She’ll make it up when she stops running and can sit down for awhile.

Now, about this post, which is late!!! Here are the reasons:

1. Stephanie was moving and I had to help her pack.
2. My son needed gardening help so I had to dig.
3. Stephanie was moving and I had to help her pack.
4. I had a stomach ache.
5. Stephanie was moving and I had to help her pack.
6. I was tired from helping Stephanie.
7. Stephanie moved and I’m helping her unpack.
8. I haven’t had time to write. (Guess why.)
9. Life got in the way: I had to get a haircut and pay bills.
10. Stephanie moved and I’m still helping her unpack.

Life doesn’t change when you are a writer. April! The beginning of a new month. Well, another round of bills arrived. (But I don’t need my hair cut again—yet. Instead I have a doctor’s appointment and my six-month dental checkup.)

Excuses pile up and they keep coming even if they change names. But that’s life. You have obligations and you need to take care of yourself and your family and friends. So don’t beat yourself up when life gets in the way or you are helping a friend or your idea well seems to have run dry. Help out. Fulfill your family obligations. And it’s even a good idea to take a break because you need one.

This week enjoy spring, watch the birds build their nests and marvel as the flowers open, survivors of a long and cold winter. Take a walk or swing on a swing and you’ll soon be inspired, refreshed, and ready to get back to the keyboard.