Writer's Block

I seem to have hit something of a wall, already, in regards to knowing what to write about in my blog posts. One of the biggest things that I think is important to keeping a blog is writing regularly. I've read blogs belonging to missionaries that were used by these missionaries as their main form of communicating home (to those who weren't on their newsletter mailing list) and they just wouldn't post regularly. It was often once every few months, and never followed a regular schedule. I've discovered that people will stop reading posts of they don't know when to expect the next one. So the purpose of the writer using blog is lost.

On my old blog, I did a few surveys asking my readers to suggest a few topics I could write about and, in all honesty, nothing of any help came out of any of those surveys. I had feedback suggesting I write about what inspires me... and completely missing the point I was trying to make. I'd hoped that my readers would enlighten me to the subjects they want to read about. I can write whatever I want, but it would be pointless writing, if my readers aren't interested in reading about what I write. I've learned one big thing from those surveys. They don't work. So I'm not going to do them again. So no worries there.

To be honest, I don't have a lot of interesting things happening in my life at the moment, just the same day to day stuff, like work, and I have very few areas I take inspiration from. I think its likely to be where I am in life. I know many of you are interested in knowing how I'm finding my new job, but I'd like to wait until I've been working there a bit longer before writing more about being a crew member with McDonald's. I am enjoying it tremendously.

Having a job again is a massive answer to prayer and even though I usually get home absolutely exhausted, I'm glad to be making my own way in the world again. The money that goes into my account on payday is the money I know I've earned and have worked for. Its a huge relief to be fully dependent on myself once again. Andy's been a huge blessing during my season of being unemployed (he helped me get the next countdown for Slimming World) and has been a huge encouragement in regards to keeping me from loosing hope. At one point, I thought I'd never find a new work, but he kept me optimistic about finding something new. I'm so glad I've got Andy in my life.

Before I run out of time on my library computer, I want to quickly add this. If there's anything you'd like me to write about, don't hesitate let me know what it is in the comments below, or drop me a message via the contact form. I'd love to hear from you.