I have started this post three times. I have deleted those three posts. They will never be again, for the words are lost and I have decided they are not for the ears of others.
Where to start?
I find that writing can be hindered by one thing: the beginning. Often writing teachers will tell students to create and outline with the material for the essay – the body paragraphs being the most important. Once that outline is created, the introduction and the conclusion will be more obviously constructed once the bulk of the material has been thought out. It seems to be true, and it can even be true of blog posts as I started with the thought below and now have constructed these opening thoughts.
Life does not start in the middle.
While it may be good advice to give to writing students to start in the middle rather than remain stuck on the beginning, that is not good advice in other areas of our lives. Although I would prefer to start my day in the middle of it due to my distaste for mornings (well, really just getting up whatever time of day it happens), starting in the middle of my day is not very practical. I must complete Task A before I go on to Task B because often Task B is contingent upon the success or failure of Task A.
This is true in many of our life tasks.
Go ahead – take a minute and think of some….
(Note: there will be no ending to this post. Why? Because life is still going on!)
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