Please bear with me while I ramble through my blog post today. I’ve just spent 2 weeks sleeping in an ICU waiting room, so my mind is not at its best functional ability right now. And, since health seems to be the hot topic on my mind at the time, I thought I’d ask… how is your writing health?

I have to admit, that I’ve let mine slip a lot this last year. Okay, okay, maybe slip is a tad understated. I’ve just let it go completely. I’ve spent very little time taking care of my writing. I did not exercise it properly. It’s gotten way out of shape and flabby.

We all know that exercise is necessary. A lot of people complain about exercise, but there are many people out there who love it. They say it’s one of the greatest highs you can get. I can see that. For me, writing has always been very enjoyable. I don’t know why I let other things take priority over something that brings me such pleasure, but I do. Life always gets in the way. It wouldn’t be that difficult to just make sure I get at least 20 minutes of exercise daily. If I would just force myself to do it, I could manage it. But, for some reason, I don’t. The same goes for my writing. If I would just set aside 20 minutes to devote to writing, I’d get a lot done. A whole lot more than I’m accomplishing right now doing nothing. And, really, isn’t my writing health worth it?

I’m really worried that I’m going to lose all that I’ve gained so far. I’ve put a lot of work into improving my writing in the past. I’d really hate to backslide just because I’m overworked or lazy. I need to continue to build those skills. I bet if I put my writing through a physical, it would fail right now. Or, at least, it would not do as well as it would have a year ago.

At any rate, I’m not sure any of this is making any sense, so I will quit rambling for now. But I’d love to know, how is your writing health? Leave a comment and let me know what you think.