It’s been awhile since I posted. And there’s been a zillion times when I thought, “Oh, that would be a good topic to blog about.” And I never managed to log into the blogging software to sit and write. Procrastination. Ugh.

I dug underneath to understand why I’ve been procrastinating. After all, when I started blogging “in private” before my blog was officially available, I had no trouble writing. And one of my initial intentions for blogging was to use it as an outlet for creative self-expression. So why would I procrastinate on something that I wanted to do and can do so easily?

While it has been a busy week for my work, I still managed to run or bike for 20 minutes about 5 times this week. Enough time to blog. I still managed to read the Wall Street Journal and postings from an on-line group of coaches most days. Enough time to blog. I even managed to get a nap in yesterday afternoon. Enough time to blog. Oh, this is getting really ugly.

The dirty truth is procrastination was keeping me from being less than brilliant. Let me explain. I found out a few weeks ago that if I wrote a blog posting in a Word document first and then did a cut and paste into the blogging software, strange formatting characters pop up when it’s posted. And I found out last month that if I start to write directly into the blogging software on-line, one wrong click of the mouse meant I published before I was ready. I started to feel pressure to write something brilliant without alot of room for revision. The truth is, I rarely edit my stuff after I write it. Even when I write longer articles. It just comes out. I had stopped trusting the process and starting believing that I needed a safety net from looking less than brilliant.

I hear a voice inside my head right now. “Honey, you can just give that up.”

I’m going back to trusting the process. Which means blogging when the idea hits me or soon after if I’m in the middle of something. And knowing that sometimes, I’ll start on a topic and go absolutely nowhere with the idea. Other than I noticed something in my daily life. And that’s okay. Oh, that brings up another concern that I had. What if I want to write about something that doesn’t exactly fit in the theme of this blog–Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living. If I wrote about networking as a business owner, would that fit?

Many people have told me that they enjoy this blog. As a reader, I’d love for you to hold me accountable to posting new entries on a regular basis. It’s good for me and it’s good for you. I know that. If you haven’t seen anything new in awhile, send me a quick email and ask me what I’ve been thinking about lately. Chances are, you’ll catch me in mid-thought about something that’s worth sharing.

One last thought, I had this crazy idea that if I posted alot of stuff on one day, I would have used up my allotment of good writing and good topics for the week. So I was parceling out the posts, every few days. What I know is the more I write, the more I have to write about. It truly is an overflowing fountain. Thanks for reading. Writing this post has taught me alot.