Pretty much nothing.

So here I am, the day before another post is due on my blog and I got nothin'. My plan was to write lots of posts in advance and kind of keep ahead of myself so that I don't run into this problem of no-post-ready on Sunday afternoon. I mean, it could possibly have to do with the fact that I'm a busy mom of three, plus we homeschool, plus normal household chores, plus everytime I sit down I just want to read a book or surf the internet. Or watch Youtube videos. You know, productive stuff.

Speaking of which, I deleted my Facebook account a few weeks ago. If you know me at all, you know this is huge. But it was time. I've been fake-friends with people for about eight years now and I just got so, so tired of it. The endless posting, and refreshing to see if others posted, and having no discipline in how much time I spent on it. And then the whole politics of it: Having to 'like' certain people's stuff just to keep them from getting offended or from feeling left out which led to me feeling dishonest because I only like 'liking' stuff I want to 'like'. So, so dumb. Also, I have NO self-discipline when it comes to posting things and commenting on things. So I always ended up regretting so many things and I started to realize how foolish it all is. For me, anyway. I'm not here to judge. Anyway, time will tell whether I've stopped it for good or if I am just taking a much-needed break from it.

And then there was the whole breaking-out-into-a-cold-sweat-at-the-mere-thought-of-deleting-my-account thing. That was rather disturbing. If nothing else, it showed how desperately I needed to get rid of it. It is not normal to be so attached to a website. And you know what? I don't miss it. At all. So if you're feeling like a Facebookaholic, then I highly recommend going cold-turkey.

Anyway, back to the other topic: It's working out for me nonetheless to give myself a deadline. So here I am, blathering into the cyberspace so that I can fulfil my promise to myself. I'm reading a great little book which I mentioned in my Friday links post, which I plan to do a review of soon. In it, the author discusses how if you feel it's your calling in life to be a writer then you must just start writing. He claims you will never become a pro if you don't set up writing as your job. For instance, making yourself start writing at 9am every morning for three hours. If you don't work and slave away at it, it will never become your profession. Now, writing one or two blog posts a week can hardly be called work, but it does require a measure of discipline on my part and in this season of life, with three kids still very much in demand of my time, this is probably a good start. At least I am writing with regularity.

And that is all I have for now. Happy Monday!