Writer's Block and "Bipolar Days"

Hey, y'all --

Well, today I have writer's block. I know, I know... this probably comes as surprise to many of you, but things like writer's block can happen to l'il ole me, too! LOL (just teasing).

Gosh, it's so frustrating, tho! I mean, this is like my JOB here!! How would you like it if you went to work one day and just like couldn't do your job either! Like you just sat there at your desk staring at the wall and just plain couldn't do your job.

Well, that's what it's like for me, since writing IS my job!

So I just sit here and stare at my computer, like the old game we played as children, who's gonna blink first! (the computer always wins, of course)

So I keep staring at my computer like I'm gonna be struck by lightning with some amazing grandiose idea for an article!!!

So I sit...

And I sit...

And I sit...

Until I finally give up...

Realizing that it's ok if the computer wins... and tomorrow is another day after all... another chance for me to win Writer of the Year.

The important thing to learn here is that whether you're a writer or a car salesman or a business owner -- it's ok to have one of those "bipolar days" where you have "writer's block" or "salesman's block" or "businessman's block" or "whatever's block"! It's OK! It doesn't mean you're going to lose your job, it doesn't mean you're a bad employee, it doesn't mean you're a bad person.

It just means that you have bipolar disorder, and sometimes your brain will not function to 100% capacity, and you just have to be patient with it. What would you do if you had a child whose mind kinda wandered sometimes? Would you "fire" him or just accept that behavior and work within it?

Especially if normally you produce work ABOVE other co-worker's, which is usually the case in a person with bipolar disorder. Our "normal" is usually their "above normal." Not to brag, honestly, but it just seems that way in the work environment.

We're just used to working harder and producing more, I guess so that we won't be asked if we have bipolar disorder, so we don't have to tell them if we don't want to. Ah, but lest we digress... so the point is, we have excellent work records. So that if we have one bad day, our bosses aren't going to get on our cases about it.

I promise you, if Dave finds out I had writer's block today, he is NOT going to jump down my throat about it. He, like me, is just going to hope that tomorrow I'll be better and be able to write the pants off my computer!

Well, I better go -- my computer is giving me dirty looks! LOL

Remember that God loves you and so do I!
Michele