BLOG-CATION is Over!

BLOG-CATION is Over!

Have you ever had writer’s block that became a callus? I feel so bad for my students who don’t have a prompt for every writing sample they have to create, especially if they just aren’t feeling that creative energy at the moment! This has been my situation for the past 2 years…Well, I had moments of creativity, but you can’t always write in the shower, driving down the road or while you are listening to a friend pour out their life story. So I would immediately (after I got out of shower, stopped the car or left my friend), jot down the ideas I was writing mentally, and think--I’ll write about that later. Oh and I even discovered there’s an app for that too…I have pages of yellow notes on my phone, listing ideas of blogs!

However, I am by no means, “a writer”; I do enjoy it when I sit down and put the words on paper. I think I want to be a writer when I "grow up", but for now, if no one is holding me “accountable” (deadlines and paychecks) I just will write when I feel like it. Part of the reason I haven’t felt like it, was when I first started this blog, I was critiqued by some people who say I write too much for “a Blog”. I like to think of this as more of an exercise in practicing what I teach. So, warning: (sorry for analogy) when I do feel like writing, it usually is like “the runs” of my thoughts… they just keep coming. I will TRY to make my Blogs shorter and more Reader’s Digest-like, but I can’t guarantee anything.

That is why this weekend, when I had a burst of creative energy, I decided to take advantage of my ADHD brain and WRITE!! So I can say, my Blog-cation is officially over, for now…