I have not written as much as I would like to recently. And by recently, I mean months.  Some of this has to do with not really sure of what to write, but a lot of it is because of these challenges that I face.  They aren’t any real obstacles but my own mind.  Writing about it, I hope I will be able to better overcome them and maybe help others who get to read this.

I love to write, it is what I want to do as a career. I want to write stories, novels, poems, blogs and hope that some of what I write can help people with their struggles.  I always want to write but never find myself doing so.  I talk to some friends and I tell them I want to write, I have these ideas of stories but for some reason I just don’t start writing.  These challenges prevent me from sitting down and getting work done. The real challenge is my own mind.

In my mind, I feel like writing is too much work. I want to relax before work, I want to relax after work.  But then I want to play video games with my friends and then I feel like there isn’t enough time to just relax and play games.  I’ll watch television and listen to music but then I don’t write because I’ll just be distracted.  These aren’t physical challenges but challenges to overcome in my own mind.  Probably the hardest ones to overcome are the ones that come from within.

I try to think about the time I have. That there is plenty of time to be able to do the things that I want to do.  There are times I feel rushed and feel like I don’t have the time to be able to do everything that I want to do. But, in reality, there is more than enough time. Maybe it’s poor time management, maybe it’s just being young and not realizing that there is plenty of time for everything.  I think it’s a combination of those things and prioritizing what is really important in my life.