So, it begins again.
The things about being a teacher is that it is a sprint. It is a 16 week sprint where you start with a burst and try then to speed up until you push past the finish line. I’m lowering into the blocks (or whatever strange metaphor you’d use for the start of such things).
Some Thoughts:
- The struggle is real in terms of getting into ‘writer mode’. I’ve been having a really hard time pushing myself to put words to paper beyond this blog and it really does make me question myself as a writer. I want to believe all writers go through such things. I don’t know that it is true.
- It is not a matter of not having time. I watch a lot of tv and I play video games when possible. I don’t know if it is fear or lack of desire or fear of success or fear of failure or any number of things.
- Here is what I suspect: What I am (and have been) going through is not isolated. I feel like there are books on such things already, but if I can break free, I might be in position to write a really good one.
- I also suspect that a lack of actual paper reading is the cause of a lot of this. I need to move to correct that. Today.