I think I recognize where you are, having been in the same place myself, a few times in my life. There is no easy way out and I would encourage you to try and enjoy the process, even if you currently feel bored in your work or writing life.
Your writing is your outlet. I used drugs and alcohol for my outlet. It definitely made things interesting, but did not solve the issue. It made it worse, I'm sure. It took years for me to realize that fact.
I wrote in high school, but left it behind when I graduated and didn't write again for 45 years. I took up painting and drawing first and then decided to write about how I started painting and that led to a restart of more writing.
It's still a process, life I mean. I'm not always where I want to be, and now more than ever, I hear the clock ticking during those times. I don't want to waste my time, but sometimes I am unsure what to do next and playing Wordle successfully, might be my biggest accomplishment of the morning.
Fortunately this poem is an older one and I don't find myself thinking the same thing these days. Sometimes life is still boring I'll admit, but I think I've gotten better at trying to entertain myself and do something more productive than just watching TikToks all day (though it does have value!)
I'm glad you did come back to writing eventually, even if it took a bit of time! I always love seeing whatever creative project you've got going on, whether it be with words or paint.
Sometimes just doing Wordle is enough for the day, especially if it's been a long week!
Hope you keep on keeping on and thanks as always for commenting. I always look forward to your kind and thoughtful words.
I think I recognize where you are, having been in the same place myself, a few times in my life. There is no easy way out and I would encourage you to try and enjoy the process, even if you currently feel bored in your work or writing life.
Your writing is your outlet. I used drugs and alcohol for my outlet. It definitely made things interesting, but did not solve the issue. It made it worse, I'm sure. It took years for me to realize that fact.
I wrote in high school, but left it behind when I graduated and didn't write again for 45 years. I took up painting and drawing first and then decided to write about how I started painting and that led to a restart of more writing.
It's still a process, life I mean. I'm not always where I want to be, and now more than ever, I hear the clock ticking during those times. I don't want to waste my time, but sometimes I am unsure what to do next and playing Wordle successfully, might be my biggest accomplishment of the morning.
Keep writing
Mike
Fortunately this poem is an older one and I don't find myself thinking the same thing these days. Sometimes life is still boring I'll admit, but I think I've gotten better at trying to entertain myself and do something more productive than just watching TikToks all day (though it does have value!)
I'm glad you did come back to writing eventually, even if it took a bit of time! I always love seeing whatever creative project you've got going on, whether it be with words or paint.
Sometimes just doing Wordle is enough for the day, especially if it's been a long week!
Hope you keep on keeping on and thanks as always for commenting. I always look forward to your kind and thoughtful words.
-Ryan