Inspiration from nowhere

Keeping up with my writing routine seems a bit tough for me today, as I find it difficult to put two sentences together due to fatigue and exhaustion. If you’ve ever struggled to maintain consistency with anything you do, maybe my present struggle will resonate well with you.

It has been over 24 hours since I published my last article, and as a practice, I need to write an article a day consistently. That's my work plan, to write every day, week after week, month after month going into the year. But today took a different turn, and I felt giving up will be just a nice thing to do. I don't feel the urge to write, and there are no great ideas in my heart, and the time to build any isn't just available.

I returned home a few hours ago from a two days event organized in my church, where I spoke in a very high capacity. I was dead beat, but the thought of not meeting up with my writing routine for today kept bothering me. But what do I write about? I have no ideas in my heart. The best thing that seems logical is to give up writing tonight.

However, I try to remind myself that the mind is a suggestion box, and a suggestion is not an order. Right now, the suggestion that came to mind is that I am tired, and I should give up. I need to take a break and go to bed immediately. Pausing at a moment, I can hear some suggestions from my heart that feel very good about accomplishing the job for tonight pleasantly. It suggests that I can do it and make the best of it too even when the condition isn't right for me to do so. Moreover, none of these suggestions are orders. They are merely options. I have the facility to settle on which option I follow.

The feeling of giving up Is only temporary

Going by my normal day or week, every task of writing I undertake is completed quickly. My working schedule to finish any piece of writing is between two to three hours. This article will be finished and published in just a moment.

Things are easier now than it has ever been. By this time last year, if you have told me that I will be working at this level I wouldn't believe it. I won't make it, I would've told you. Today, skills for writing have improved tremendously. The perspective needs to be maintained. Life is good and every discomfort is temporary. The moment of discomfort can be used to strengthen the mind for positive thinking.

Good Work brings no regrets once It is done

Often it seems that we want our work to be easier. We want our work to be valuable to others and gain respect as well, but we do not want to struggle while doing our work. We want the final result to come polished but failed to remember the failed attempts that precede the victory. We want the gold, but not the grind.

Everyone wants a gold medal. But Few people can train the mind as an athlete.

And yet, despite our resistance, I even have never found myself feeling worse after the diligence was done. There are days when it had been damn hard to start out, but it had been always worth finishing. Sometimes, the simple act of bracing up and having the courage to work against all odds, even in an average manner, is a victory worth celebrating.

This Is Life

Life is an ongoing balance between giving easily to distractions or overcoming the pain of discipline. It is no exaggeration to mention that our lives and identities are defined during this fragile balance. What is life, if not the sum of a hundred thousand daily battles and small decisions to get rid of it or to stop it?

When can you feel like doing a job? This is not the time to be lost. This is not a dress rehearsal. This moment is your life just like any other moment. Use it in a way that will make you proud.

Let the audience decide

So how do I handle the urge to quit? I just finished this article.

Am I doing my best? I can't tell. But my job is not to judge whether I have done good or bad, you are my judge when you read this.