I’m my worst enemy!

“It’s been so busy at work!”

“I had a family emergency!”

“Family life is just so stressful!”

“The President grinds my gears!”

These and more things I have heard when it came to the question “Why aren’t you writing?” from friends or generally on social media. No judgment from me at all, it’s all legit. Promise!

Though when I am confronted with that question, none of the things above is applicable. I got no job, or family or even a president. My reason is much simpler, and for the very same reason more shameful to me, because I can’t blame anyone.

My reason is myself.

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Sure there are some legit reasons here too like that I’m fighting with depression or get sick, have a bad writer’s block, sometimes there is a lot on my plate but most of the time it’s something else. So this is me:

“But I want to play a game!”

“Friends want to play Overwatch and I don’t wanna miss out!”

“Oh this show I found on Netflix is awesome, let’s binge!”

“Wohoo, the plot in Roleplay is so much fun, let’s write this instead!”

So basically, the person standing in the way of writing is me! Now that sucks doesn’t it? Because that means that I’ll have to kick myself in the ass, and suckerpunch the distractions to get things going. So that’s what I’m doing now. I did some writing for my roleplay, I did some playing of Overwatch, I even watched a show today. So now I’ll sit down for an hour and write.

But boy, that kick still stings!

What is your enemy? Yourself? Family? Work? Time? Motivation? Did the muse visit your neighbour but shunned your house? Share your experiences with me down in the comments and don’t forget to join my email list on the right side to get a FREE short story prequel to my Ashwood Falls series!

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