{"id":2696,"date":"2018-07-30T02:28:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T02:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:44:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:44:26","slug":"a-fogbound-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/a-fogbound-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fogbound Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I thought, for a few hours toward the end of the week, that I might have the post I’ve been working on done by Sunday. That didn’t happen.<\/p>\n

By Saturday’s end, I’d written and kept more words than I’d deleted. But they didn’t add up to anything I wanted to share.<\/p>\n

I could have stopped there, posting what I had, with some sort of ‘to be continued’ promise. But that would have meant chopping the thing off in mid-flow. I figured you wouldn’t want to wonder how \u2014 and if \u2014 I’d make coming back for ‘part two’ worthwhile.<\/p>\n

And I’d be wondering the same thing.<\/p>\n

<\/a>My mind’s been fogbound, becalmed, and similar metaphors. Words haven’t flowed off my keyboard. More like oozed out.<\/p>\n

Inadequate sleep is either a cause or a consequence. Maybe a little of both.<\/p>\n

Those are temporal consequences, or effects: stuff scientists can observe, measure and analyze. At least in principle.<\/p>\n

I’ve read about statistical analyses of altruism, and that’s almost another topic.<\/p>\n

I figure there’s a spiritual component too.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean I believe Distraction crept into my head, inviting Confusion and other demonic delinquents to a party. When I get a cold, I don’t blame Demon Rhinovirus.<\/p>\n

My best guess is that I’ve been experiencing what happens when stress, inadequate sleep and what feels like a slight cold make handling my neurological issues more challenging. Thinking that’s likely doesn’t make the problems go away, but helps me deal with them.<\/p>\n

Maybe next week will be better. Or it might be worse. Or pretty much the same. Either way, I’ll keep going. And, I hope, writing. I’ve talked about that, and other stuff, before:<\/p>\n