Subject line says it all. This is my life as of late. Blocked! If you go back through the timeline on this blog, you’ll notice the posts getting farther apart as the year has been wrapping up. You’ll also notice on the “my book” tab, I declared that a draft of the book I’m working on would be completed several months ago. Well, it’s not. And I’m not close.

I’ve been wrestling with how to organize a few hundred pages of content. And I’ve paralyzed myself. Overwhelmed, I’ve just let it sit there and collect dust. And it’s even affected my ability to regularly post to the blog.

This isn’t terribly uncommon among those who write, whether for hobby or profession. It just comes with the territory. The good news is that I’ve finally shaken it. I think.

Some writers will tell you they just power through writer’s block. They keep writing until they push through the wall. For me, the trick has been to press pause. To stop!

With my particular project, I’m supposed to be documenting my journey and I had let the documentation get in the way of the journey. I was far too wrapped up with how to write the best possible first draft, than letting it go where God intended. And so, God let me get stuck. And He let me get stuck enough that finally the only course of action was to stop. To wave the white flag.

Amazingly, the moment I stopped, God started again. I had to go less than a day before God re-energized me and led me toward a better way to organize my thoughts and approach the book. So, I’m back in the game!

Hopefully moving forward I can be focused on the journey itself and not a destination. Hopefully I won’t let the act of obedience consume me and blind me from what I’m supposed to learn from it.

So, I’m expecting to be blogging more frequently. And to make progress soon on that delayed first draft. Call it an early New Year’s resolution!