It's January 5th, so where's my fifth post?

All right, I have been procrastinating.  There are reasons, maybe excuses, why I haven't written.  There have also been some outright obstacles.  But, let's face it, the biggest obstacle is I don't always feel like writing.

Seven reasons why I won't write on my blog:

1.  Sometimes my eyes hurt, and I don't want to be looking into that bright computer screen.

2.  Sometimes I've been taking medicine for arthritis and it makes me sleepy.

3.  Sometimes I think it doesn't matter whether or not I write.  Who cares anyway? 

4.  Sometimes I am not at all inspired by any particular topic.

5.  Today I just want to read, not write.  I want to benefit from the wisdom of others and from the time and effort they sacrificed to write something meaningful.

6.  Writing is a lonely job.  There you are with an empty page. 

7. Do I honestly believe the world will be a better place just because I took the time to write on my blog today?


Procrastination is the way of my avoiding doing a task that I believe I cannot do exceedingly well.  It's fear of failure, or maybe fear of mediocrity, that prevents me from putting that first word on the blank page.

But, at least for today, I have written something.  I know I have not written exceedingly well.  But maybe it's okay not to be perfect today.  Maybe it is more of a step toward perfection to have taken the time to write than not to have written anything at all.