To be honest, lately I’ve been stuck at this period. Reluctantly searching to find what seems like an elusive semicolon. How do I keep writing my story? How do I free myself from the chains of comfort in daily routine? It’s so easy to steer away from keeping my motivation golden. I feel stuck with only a few puzzle pieces, failing to put the bigger picture together.

“Live in the moment!”, I constantly chant. But sometimes, it’s hard not to fall victim of becoming a slave to the clock.

Tick, tock…

A slave to the clock….

Work from 7am-7pm. Come home. Make sure I get at least four hours of sleep in before my next nightshift. Rush to work. Wait for work to be over the entire time I’m there. Repeat.

I can’t get frozen in time like this. It’s time to leave circumspection at the door. Nowhere in my life goals did I list “become as stagnant as possible”. I commend people who are all around 24/7 what many like to consider “On their grind”. 

Grind. On.

So I go back to what’s cathartic to me. I diligently attempt to re-write my story once more. Taking out what’s redundant and repetitive. Embracing what’s organically inspiring to me. The semicolon slowly becomes my friend. The plot twist is as exhilarating as I had hoped. Writers block no more. There’s a story to be told!

-L