After persisting with this blog for five years, I’ve noticed my motivations to write go through an ebb and flow cycle.
Some months the words just fall on to the page without trying. It’s a joy to write and I feel there’s always some interesting topic just around the corner.
Most months I need to work and think and try, but the posts still feel natural and easy.
And some months it feels like a grind. It’s not that I dislike writing, but rather I feel there is a lack of inspiration and ideas. When I feel like this, I remind myself of the Patricia Ryan Madsen concept “There’s always something in the box”, and remember that the practise matters most when we don’t feel like it.