BECOMING A WRITER
When Life Gets Busy, the Writing Stops
Thoughts on creating a writing routine when life gets busy
In August I started my third semester of grad school. Simultaneously, I entered my third trimester of pregnancy, went to Utah for a week for work, and returned to have my baby shower the following day. Before I knew it, it was almost October.
Between work, school, and baby prep I suddenly had no time to write (although somehow I still found time to scroll TikTok for hours each day).
Life got busy, so the writing stopped.
When I picked writing back up in July, I wanted to write 500 words a day for 30 days straight. That goal has been a struggle. I’ve stopped and started at least four times now.
Between tackling work projects and grad school assignments, by the time I opened Medium my brain was fried. Or if I wanted to write first, I felt guilty for not spending that time working on assignments.
It’s been the most frustrating, roundabout process I’ve been trying to break for weeks.
But I knew that when I felt capable, I could write again.
Now the semester is almost done (my classes are only 7 weeks long), I feel like I can breathe again.
A blank document no longer feels like a hurdle to jump. I’m no longer lost in the depths of a clean, white screen with no energy to swim to the top.
There’s still time to hit my yearly article goals, I can restart my daily words challenge, and I can get back to interacting with my fellow writers on Medium.
Now, if only I could find some topics to write about…
