Back to Work

This year definitely hasn’t gone the way most of us planned. That’s not to say it’s all been bad, because if we’re honest, it hasn’t. Many good things have happened in my life despite the craziness going on around me.

However, I fully admit I’m not exactly where I thought I would be. When 2020 started, I was on fire to get things done and move forward at a fast pace.

When I landed a fourth contract back in the spring, I felt like I was finally heading the right direction.

And then, COVID caught up with me. No, I haven’t caught the virus itself as far as I know.

But living under these strained conditions, with events being cancelled and worship services not nearly what they used to be and lacking the freedom to simply jump up and go somewhere … well, it’s been hard on this extroverted people person.

Somewhere around May, I sort of lost my will to do … much of anything. I had to drag blog ideas from my head like pulling teeth from a child afraid the tooth fairy wouldn’t come if the incisor didn’t fall out on its own. And don’t even ask if I wrote any of the stories I meant to be working on over the summer. I have exactly five chapters of a semi-good idea. And that’s where it sits.

But, the time has come for all that to change.

Why?

Because I have to work now. Why now? Because my book comes out in less than three months. That means if I don’t get busy and turn in edits on time, the book won’t release when it’s supposed to. Not to mention my editors won’t be pleased.

And I find that this is a good thing. Why? Because it’s motivating me. It’s forcing me out of the black hole of feeling sorry for myself and not pushing my depression to the side and making me do what I love to do under normal circumstances.

And when all those edits are turned in and the book is born in October, I plan to hold on to the tide of motivation and keep riding it through the rest of the year. Because not wanting to write wasn’t fun.

So, I’m glad to be back to work.

How about you? Have you struggled to stay motivated? Have you lost the joy you used to find in your occupation? Have you found a way to pull through it, too? I hope so.

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Amy R Anguish, author of An Unexpected Legacy and Faith & Hope, grew up a preacher’s kid, and in spite of having lived in seven different states that are all south of the Mason Dixon line, she is not a football fan. Currently, she resides in Tennessee with her husband, daughter, and son, and usually a bossy cat or two. Amy has an English degree from Freed-Hardeman University that she intends to use to glorify God, and she wants her stories to show that while Christians face real struggles, it can still work out for good.

Check out her book, Faith & Hope, available now.

Her new book, Saving Grace, releases October 2020.

Follow her at http://abitofanguish.weebly.com or http://www.facebook.com/amyanguishauthor