I have what I consider to be a bad habit. In fact in thinking about writing this blog post I even utilized this bad habit. I need to come clean about this bad habit so that maybe I can come to terms with it and do something to change it.
So what is this bad habit?
Almost every day I think about what I’m going to blog about next. It might even possibly be a sickness. It sounds simple enough, but it’s not. I find myself thinking about blog post entries and what I would write if I were to be in front of a computer at that very moment. I conjure up the entry in my mind from start to finish. I obsess…literally OBSESS about what the title would be!!! I think to myself, “no, that title would be too boring…too vague…too this…too that!” And then I finally stumble upon just the right title. The whole thing is composed from title to entry. And that’s all well and good, but then there’s only one problem…IT’S IN MY HEAD…AND NOT TYPED OUT!!!
I find myself thinking, okay I’ll write it first thing when I get home and it’ll be fresh and I’ll post it and then my readers will have something to read from me today. But hen I actually GET home and this has to be done and that has to be done and I have a toddler who. is. into. everything. and I don’t get my chance to write and then it’s not fresh anymore and mommy brain kicks in and forget what I was going to write about. It’s not that I forget the composition of the post in my head…or the title. I forget it all…topic and all!!! Gone!!! This mommy brain stuff kills me!!! It puts a damper on thinking!!! What’s the point of thinking if I’m just going to forget my thoughts?
So I’ve come to a conclusion. I’m just going to stop blogging, so I don’t have to compose things in my head anymore and then inadvertently forget them and kick myself in the head (if I could actually reach my head with my foot, that is!) Okay, no, I’m not actually going to stop blogging. There has to be a more reasonable solution to the problem. And the only one I can think of is to carry a small note pad around with me, attached to my belt loop so that if I have a entry in mind with that. perfect. title. I can jot it down right then and there. So what if I’m in a meeting with our VP…they’ll just think I’m a good meeting notes taker. God help me if they ask to copy my notes or remember what happened in the meeting!!! But I’m willing to give this method a try, unless you can think of a better way to break this bad habit. I’m all ears. How do you think of something to blog about while you’re driving in the car or whatever you may be doing that has you away from a computer and then remember your thoughts later when you’re in front of the computer?
And yes, I’ve literally lost sleep over trying to remember what it was I wanted to blog about! Because gosh darn it…that topic was funny..and if I could only remember the details I’d have a readership of more than 2!!!
