Why Is It That We Sometimes Have Trouble With The Simplest Things?

My husband tells me that I should probably try to post something on here five days a week instead of seven. I balked at this at first because I am trying to form a habit, but he makes a good point when he says that I'm likely to burn myself out if I try to post something every day of the week. When I did this before I would post everything I had written immediately, and got burned out after ten months.

This week I have found it very difficult to write. I have draft after draft after draft saved (in blogging terms, not in essay terms) but nothing that I am ready to finish, so instead of having the comfort of several days covered in advance, as well as many options, I've been under the gun since Saturday. Funny thing that I can't get anything ready in advance, but then each morning I manage to slap something together to post before 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning. I've had the same struggle with the personal budget I've been supposed to be working on since Sunday before last. I did a lot of advance work. Tons of advance work, actually, so that dong the plan was going to be simple, but for some reason I haven't been able to get it done. I wonder if it is like with some of the card games that Michael and I like to play, where you can't make your rummy contract the first time you try for it, but the next time it comes quickly and easily? Maybe this week the budget will come easily. Maybe next week the writing will come easily again. Here's hoping.

It wouldn't be the first time that I've looked at something in the morning (a document, a form, a recipe) and not been able to understand it, only to look it in the afternoon, and find it to be perfectly clear.