Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Listophobe Seeks Help Reviving His Muse

I'm sitting here getting ready to write about the top ten reasons a purple nurple hurts worse than a cow bite when it dawned on me.

I've been doing a lot of list creating in this writing blog.

Don't believe me? Here are a few recent list-oriented blog entries:

  • What's In My Wallet
  • Obviouservations
  • The Road to KlaipÄ—da
  • Excuses Excuses 101
  • Happy Birthday, Your Majesty!
  • Today's Trip To Cheapo's
  • You've Got Zabar's!
  • Indiana Towns Revisited
  • 10 Reasons to Love Indiana
Wait! I just did it again! Another list!!!!

I gotta get into some real writing. I gotta reconnect with my muse!! I just keep writing about
  • Indiana
  • eggs
  • bacon (which, sadly, Georgia will no longer have - she's gotten out of the pig business)
  • Indiana
  • fake horoscopes
  • musicians
  • Indiana
  • places I've been
  • food I've eaten
  • Indiana...

Great googly moogly! I just did it yet again! Another list!!

So, how do I overcome this? How do I quit relying on enumeration and begin writing something more solid? Maybe I should
  • spend more time on the craft of writing
  • find a quiet spot to think a little deeper
  • travel somewhere other than Indiana
  • quit being lazy about my topics
  • quit being lazy about my writing
  • make honing my art a higher priority than Seinfeld reruns
  • get my thoughts together
  • get my act together
  • spend less time on housework and more time writing (sorry, honey... just kidding!)
  • slow down and savor my writing instead of hurriedly typing words
  • learn to focus more on my writing
  • remember to pick up milk at the store
  • check the PO box on the way home
  • finally install that new shower head (again, sorry, honey...)
  • get my homework done
  • step out of my comfort zone
  • be more thankful
  • be more productive
  • be more sensitive
Geezaloo! I can't believe I just created another list! Please, someone, stop me before I list again!!!!

Maybe I need to go write in the Contemplative Encourager blog for a while. I don't list so much there. Perhaps this is because the Contemplative Encourager blog is
  • more focused
  • more purpose-driven
  • more spiritual
  • more...

Oh, I give up...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think you have a bullet point addiction.