Some days, I’ll
start a blog post and then lose the will to finish it.
This was the case
today. It’s not that I’ve gone off the idea as such; it’s just that I’m a
little too tired to do it justice. It doesn’t help that I didn’t start writing
until late. I spent the morning doing work around the house, then met my
parents for lunch, then carried on with the housework. By the time I got to the
office and sat in front of my computer it was pushing 4:00pm and my creative
mojo had gone. I was working to the clock, as I’m meeting Glyn shortly to
record some links for our podcast. If I start with the clock ticking I
find it hard to relax. This isn’t conducive to good content.
The good thing
about abandoning a post is I know I can come back to it when I’m stuck for
material in the future. I usually won’t pick it up the next day, as by then,
something else has often happened that’s worthy of writing about. Instead, I’ll
return to it a few weeks later, when I can look at it afresh.
So, today’s post
is purely about a post that could have been, and may still be in the future.
That’s pleasingly meta. Like I said in the title: this blog will eat itself.