It never fails! I seem to think of all kinds of stuff to write
about when I am at work. It’s not like I can just stop working and start
writing (well, not really anyway) so I had to come up with a way to get those
ideas and thoughts down on paper for later use.
Lucky for me I work for a company that uses and teaches the
Six Sigma management strategy. I was
sent to the training a couple years ago. Among the strategies and tricks was
the concept of the Parking Lot. A piece of paper kept handy during meetings to
jot down stray ideas and topics that come up for later review.
I found an old legal pad with only a few pages left on it
and decided it would be my Blog Parking Lot. I’ve been jotting stuff down ever
since I got back from vacation.
I get all excited about the ideas and look forward to writing
and fleshing them out…and then, at the end of an 8 or 9 hour day, I arrive at
home and immediately crumple into a heap of exhaustion.
So far I have two full sheets of yellow paper filled (front
and back) with totally awesome ideas (no, really…they are awesome – I checked)…and
not a single post to show for it.
SIGH
My brain goes a mile-a-minute when I’m not supposed to be
writing for personal use but as soon as I have the time and am able…nothing.
It’s maddening really.
I have a quote on my desk at work: “You don’t find the time
to write – you make time” ~Nora Roberts
This is my goal…make time each day to work on the ideas and
thoughts that float around in my brain all day every day.
A couple weeks ago I suggested that someone write about the
very thing that was causing them to suffer writer’s block…so tonight I took my
own advice – for once.
