When Motivation is Lacking

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INITIATING RANT OF A SLIGHTLY OVERWHELMED COLLEGE STUDENT IN

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Y'all, I'm going to be honest here. A I sat down to write this blog post (because I feel bad when I miss posts because I'm trying to be more consistent with things), I had no idea what to write about. I have a list of blog post ideas on my phone, but well... I just didn't feel like fooling with any of them. In fact, I haven't felt much like fooling with anything lately. My motivation these past few weeks has been at a ZERO -which is bad because I've got so many changes going on right now which require adaptation rather than just hiding away and trying not to freak out about life. For example:

1. I got engaged over Christmas and while I'm still over here trying to get used to being "engaged," everyone else and their mother is badgering me about marriage. "When are you gonna get married?" "What are you going to do about this?" "What are you gonna do about that?" "You better consider this..." "Let me just tell you..." Sometimes just want to say, "Okay... Can we all just calm down here?"
2. I just started back to school (with a new major, mind you) after taking part of a semester off for health reasons. I cannot even begin to fathom how people can just "take a semester off" just for the heck of it because let ME just tell YOU *thank you, aforementioned givers of unsolicited advice* it's not easy getting back into the swing of things when you've gotten out of it. If it weren't for my planner, I'd be a even more of a wreck with all the dates and stuff I have to keep up with these days.
3. I just started my first official job working as a receptionist at a tax office. No. It's not the most taxing job (pun only slightly intended in my current bad humor), but it's a change and it's going to take some adjusting to.

So... All that, among other things that are currently serving to make life a little bit hectic, has been wearing on me (except the job, of course, because I just started and it hasn't really had time to) and I'm honestly struggling to stay motivated to do the things I love -like writing, blogging, and even reading. *And yes, that includes my Bible, too. Since I'm being honest, here...


Of course, I'm aware that I'll adjust to everything in time and as long as I keep my priorities in order (aka MAKE time for my quiet time and wring every drop I can out of it when I do), things will eventually level out. Furthermore, struggling isn't always a bad thing because it grows character. At least that's what I keep telling myself... Anyway, I guess it's all just part of that transition into adulthood -and most people seem to survive it with fairly minimal collateral damage. I'm sure I will, too.

In the meantime, if anyone has any suggestions on how to fine or even manufacture, for goodness' sake, a little motivation, I'm open to advice of that nature.

*However... if anyone else tells me why I should or shouldn't get married in X amount of years (everyone has an opinion about that, too), I will probably have a mental meltdown and the above statement about minimal damage just might become invalid.