No Mo Mojo

It happened; it's finally happened... I've lost my mojo. This whole month I've done so well! Today, I woke up and I looked at my list of things to do, and it about killed me.

Edit this, Cinderelly.. Type this up, Cinderelly..

NO NO NO! I don't wanna!!!!!!!

Last night when I got home from work, all I wanted to do was sleep. So, at 8:30 p.m., I climbed into my bed and I passed right out, thinking I was going to sleep all night long. After what felt like an eternity of sleeping, I checked the clock on my phone to see what time it was; 10:15 p.m. - are ya friggin kidding me?!

My apartment was super warm and that was the cause of my short nap, so I turned on the air conditioner and climbed back into bed. Wide. Friggin. Awake.

I tried counting sheep, I tried meditating, I tried boring research... nothing was working! So I laid there and listened to a few Podcasts (check out my later blog on the Podcasts that I listen to). Finally, around midnight, I forced myself back to sleep.

When I woke up this morning, I was so stinkin' tired that I didn't want to go to work, I didn't want to write my book, I didn't want to edit anyone's manuscript, I didn't even want to brew a pot of coffee (yeah, it was that bad). Arriving at work a few minutes later than normal, I propped my laptop up on my desk, signed onto my work computer, and sat in my chair while staring at the ceiling. What do I do? I have no motivation to focus on anything and my to-do list is so long that I could cry.

Opening up Pinterest (my go-to for inspiration), didn't even help my case. So I got into one of my Facebook groups for writers and scrolled. Someone had posted something in there about how they aren't good enough to write. I sat there and thought for a moment about how to respond to him. Jumping into Desygner (my tool for creating memes), I threw together a quick quote:

"Someone will always slice a better cheddar; but that doesn't mean that someday, someone won't look at your work and think, "Wow, I wish I could write like this'." So go chase your dreams, because nobody is going to chase them for you"

Taking my own advice, I pulled up my work-in-progress (WIP) and started typing.

Be your own inspiration. If you can't rely on yourself to get your motor running; what makes you think someone else will be able to?

Time to get back to work! Thanks for stopping by!

-A. Lynn