Nathan Key

Husband, Father, Thinker.

 

 
What to Do? 09/24/2009
 
I've been having difficulty writing like I used to. This is primarily due to the new role I took with Liberty Mutual. I put in a lot more classroom hours than I have in the past, which means less time to think, research, and put pen to paper (that's figurative, I type out my blogs).

I've been brainstorming ways to make my blog a little more effective and meaningful- especially considering that I have another baby on the way and I can't imagine that this is going to get easier once he's in my life.

If you've got ideas of your own, please post them in the comments section.

Thanks for reading!
 


Comments

Jamie Kite

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:18:46

"Once HE's in my life." It's a boy?! YAY!!! (Don't tell Beth I found out on your blog) ... :)

Anyway, I'm having the same problem. (The blogging problem). And I'm hoping to be nearing the end of a very long dry spell. I started by committing (a few days ago -- we'll see how long it lasts) to write at least <em>something</em> every day. There was a quote in Donald Miller's new book, something like, "the muse honors the working stiff," and I'm going to try my best to follow through on that. Obviously what I've written hasn't ended up on my blog, yet. (I'm currently working on an excruciatingly difficult/controversial/why-did-they-ask-ME-to-write-this devotional for First Pres).

For me, a commitment to write every day means that I can write without the pressure that it has to be something brilliant or insightful. It can be a poem about how much I don't want to write. When I have long dry spells like I have over the past several months, or even just a few days or a week between posts, I feel so much pressure that the next post has to be mind-blowing to make up for all of that time I didn't spend writing. (Obviously I must have used all that time to ruminate on something world-changing, right?) The pressure becomes suffocating and I never end up writing anything at all!

I don't know if this will help you, or even me for that matter. But here's hoping it does!

 

Jeff

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:34:43

My 2 cents:
We can't answer the question "How can I more efficiently do what I'm trying to do?"
until we answer "What am I trying to do?"
There are many reasons why a person might blog. Perhaps you know yours. It's seems like the first step is to clarify these... And if you interested in soliciting opionions from others, the next step would be to share these.
Once a list is produced, it becomes easier to survey them, item by item... and consider where the break downs are and how to best fix them.

 



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