Old Habits (or lack of habits) Die Hard

I was just checking email in an account which was about to expire. I had forgotten all about it since it was from so long ago. I was reminded of this other account because they asked for a 2nd email so they could use that just in case problems with this one should come up.

They wrote me saying someone had commented on a blog I once had (which as you guessed it), I haven’t used in a long time as well. (Can ya sense a theme)?

The part that surprised me the most (other than someone commenting on a blog, which then meant they found it and took the time to comment), was that the blog was still out there despite not having any new entries on it in maybe 4 years. It’s true, the Internet (and what is put out there) really just might be forever.

But back to the thought here. My old habits of not posting to the blogs continues. It’s been with me for many years (as this event has shown me). And it is with that reminder that has made me take a few minutes out of my otherwise busy day of checking email servers from years ago I had forgotten about just because some email server reminded me of said fact, to sit here and type some words about this moment in time.

The life of a writer is one full of things to do, things to think about, stuff to read and contemplate. In the end, it is about sitting down and writing. And if something comes into our site via past messages or current reminders, than we owe it to ourselves to go with it.

Even it if means nothing more than we did it for a change.

So what about you?

What reminders do you need to inspire you to write something today?

David
The Unmotivated Motivational Writer