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accountability, Diana Schwenk, excuse, honesty, Hump Day Chronicles, lazy, procrastination, responsibility, slacker, Truth, writing
Well… unprepared – yes. Caught off guard? Not so much.
I mean it’s Wednesday. Wednesdays I write my Hump Day Chronicle post. Been doing that for a year.
So there’s nothing ‘caught off guard’ about it!
It’s my own fault. I knew Wednesday was coming, but every time I thought I should at least have a subject in mind, I just said nah and did something else.
Here’s the weird thing about that. I love writing these posts. I love that moment when I get an idea. Sometimes I get so excited I yell out YEAH and run to the desk to boot up my laptop so I can type my thoughts before they fly out the window. Sometimes I grab a pen and paper while the computer boots up (It’s so s-l-o-w) so I can capture the words even sooner!
It’s more typical for me to be writing a post and miss a dentist appointment, or forget to brush my teeth, or forget to eat, or forget to go to the bathroom.
So I don’t know what happened this time. I don’t know why I didn’t ‘get on it’ – I knew it was coming and did nothing. What can I say?
I can’t be the only slacker though. What aren’t you doing?
~ HUMP DAY CHRONICLES ~
talktodiana 
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you are not the only slacker – I call it procrastination! 😉
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Haha well misery loves company! The more, the merrier, right?
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Well, I can’t imagine getting so excited to blog that I forget to go to the washroom.. 🙂
Ah, just blame it on the wild weather that’s distracting. Now, that’s a story.
A few months ago, I went to local museum which offered free entry..just for the day. I saw something that inspired me so much that I had to blog it. That “something” became a metaphor for the blog post.
But it would be published until early next year. But I promise, it is a local thing that became the metaphor.. 🙂
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Sorry, I’m a bit lost. 🙂 you will be publishing a post next year about something you saw in the museum that became a metaphor?
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Yup, the museum thing became a blog post metaphor..for me. Not the lst blog post of 2014, but 2nd one. And hopefully when the audience reads it, they’ll see it right away too.
Like a piece of abstract art that becomes intuitively recognizable.
Heck, enjoy the rest of 2013. This is 2014 gibberish. 🙂
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Oh you are building suspense and intrigue! I will watch for this post! Talk about being prepared – you know what you’re posting next year – impressive!
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More like a lazy spell. lol
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Hey sometime you gotta chill! 😉
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You genius. You turned a “caught off guard” moment into another fab post. Sorry, no sympathy for you from over here. You’ve proved that you’re not human. I feel no empathy for your dilemma.
Haha 😛 Love the choice of image too. Don’t ask me what I’m not doing unless you want this comment to run for miles down the page…. 😉
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Oh but I really want to know…go ahead type for miles!
xo
Diana
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Your non-posts are pretty darn fun too. Although it wasn’t what Lucy meant when she yelled “Slacker”, maybe you should cut yourself some slack! ;-D!
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haha Yeah I think Lucy is just bossy! Thanks for your encouragement Russ.
xo
Diana
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don’t worry, every morning does it to me 🙂
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haha you big kidder you!
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The main reason I have not given myself a regular time to post (even though I DO have a regular time that I blog my drafts) is because sometimes I get three ideas at once, at other times the one idea takes me three weeks to develop, and sometimes there is a complete blank. So my readers have had to put up with floods and droughts.
Seriously though, this was actually a good topic to talk about. Well done!!
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and Elizabeth, your posts have a depth level that I don’t go to. They are thoroughly thought through (haha those 3 words are funny together) and filled with practical steps. I’m more the let’s throw out some questions and you guys take it where you are feeling led to go type of blogger. ❤
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I must second your eloquent description of Elizabeth’s posts. I must say that I enjoy your questions and it’s not always just questions because you also put out thoroughly thought through thought-provoking posts. (Love that tho thotho hehe)
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She is indeed eloquent! I just realized it’s a lot easier to type thoroughly thought through than it is to say it out loud!
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I can soo relate….have not been blogging regularly even though I love it, but my mind has been just blaaah and my fingers way too stiff to type anything. 😉 Any advise on how to wake up from blogging coma?
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haha my first thought was for you to write a post called Waking Up From My Blogging Coma!
But seriously, I like the structure and accountability of writing my Wednesday and Sunday posts. Keep in mind though, that I’m not chasing around kids and working full-time hours. I tip my hat to you Kristi!
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You’re a true blogger, unlike myself, I’m the slacker. 🙂
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Thanks Shian. Are you have a drying spell?
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I hear you, Diana, it happens to many of us. Right now I’m caught in a limbo of being in St. John’s but heading home in an hour so I can’t seem to settle down and write anything in my WIP or even think of ANYTHING to blog. I want to be home and cozied up in my own digs to do that. Throw Christmas into the mix and my head is even more muddled. This is Life! 😉
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True dat. Truth is, as a wise person, recently said to me…sometimes a good idea needs to just sit for awhile. You know ferment or ruminate…and when it’s ready, look out!
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Nothin’ I don’ want to!! 😆
Maybe your brain is just rebelling at the regularity and wants to take a Wednesday off once in a while!
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Nah that can’t be it. I like the structure and accountability of SOME routine…all is not lost either because this post has inspired an idea for my other blog next Tuesday!
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I’m not doing what I should be in resting and finding ways to feel better. Work is too busy and my brain is not working right with all its chemicals haywire at the moment. Really can’t wait till next Friday when I’ll be finishing for almost 2whole weeks. What I’ll do with myself I’m not so sure but just to be still and let the tidal waves of pins and needles in my head subside will be a blessing rather than the having to run about all the time feeling that I’m going to fall over.
Thinking of doing a weekly post next year too but not sure yet.
Thank you always xx
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You need to sleep! Can you sneak in some naps? If you did a weekly post, what would it be about? would it be in addition to your current blog?
Hope you rest soon.
xo
Diana
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Give yourself a break! Everyone has a lapse now and then!
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haha thanks! You know how you can get brain freeze from eating icecream? I think I have total head freeze from the cold weather!
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