When I say that it has been months since I blogged, I am not exaggerating. As a matter of fact, I have one draft sitting in the queue for this website that I began on September 2nd, and I couldn’t finish it. I have struggled since school began. Not because I feel like I didn’t have time, but because mentally I felt overwhelmed.
How do you come back from something like that?
Push. Through.
I sat down earlier last week and made myself look over my content calendars. I planned out September’s writing schedule from Saturday, September 9th until the end of the month. I like to complete my writinI g early on Saturday mornings so that I can schedule everything and move on. Trying to write during a hectic week is sometimes impossible. Even more impossible lately. The goal is to force myself during the week to at least spend 1 hour a night either planning or sewing. If it doesn’t take an hour, that’s fine, but I have to work toward something.
This long hiatus from blogging has been a nightmare for my stats, I know. I feel like I let myself down, but in the end I know that I have to approach things a little differently. I can’t just abandon everything because it doesn’t fit into my plan. That just won’t work.
I had a doctor’s appointment recently, and I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. It fits. The lack of focus. The anxiety. The inability to just start sometimes. Out of 36 identifiers, I had 35. And it has progressed so bad that it is difficult to do my day job, and not just the blogging. How do you cope?
I spoke to a co-worker and she stated that she handled hers by being overly organized. I have attempted to do that, but I find that I’m not consistent enough. Schedules fall through. Clutter piles up. You get the picture. It’s just not enough for me.
The current situation is find what will be enough and follow it through.
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