Diary of Being a Writer; Week ???

The black dog hasn't bitten, so I am pretty happy about that.

I did not expect to be away from my desk for this long.

I thought that I would be back at it a week after my surgery.

It has been a bit longer than that.

I am not sure whether it was the after-effects of the anaesthetic, the pain, the painkillers or the pandemic but I have not wanted to sit up at my desk until today.

Well, that is not entirely true, I wanted to do it earlier, but it just seemed too hard before now.

So here I am, about to add my experience of having a lack of motivation to the countless other accounts of people struggling to find the energy to create during a global pandemic.

There are plenty of people who are doing fantastic, creative, fun things and writing thousands of words. I am particularly enjoying all the art recreations https://www.instagram.com/stories/tussenkunstenquarantaine

However, there are plenty of us who have found it all just a little too hard to create right now. And I am going to go out on a limb and say that is okay. For a while, for me. But at some point, I need to push myself to get back to it. I am incredibly grateful that I have an article to write, giving me…