Too Busy for Words

How a Writer Struggles to Find Time

© Ben Hughes

Jan 19, 2008

Shouldn't a writer be full of words just bursting to come out? Well maybe there just aren't enough hours in the day to get out all the words I want to.


How often do you hear a writer is too busy for words? Well this week it’s just been one of those weeks for me. I’ve started some more writing work and with extra (day) work as well, it’s been a week which in some ways has just whizzed by and suddenly it’s the weekend again.

I’ve spent the evenings writing short articles and another evening out with my day job which has meant late nights and early mornings and now my head feels as though I haven’t slept all week – which is just about right.

The more time goes by the more I realise how much I love writing. It’s the sort of thing I’d love to do more and if I worked in a normal job I’d probably have the time to do it. But at the moment it’s just not possible to spend any more waking hours away from my family.

One good thing that happened this week was I took my son to work with me on Wednesday afternoon. It was an attempt to show pupils that if a 2 year old can do what he can, what can God do? I’m glad to say that Sam was perfect and enjoyed every minute of it. I suppose it just goes to show that teaching can be good fun after all.


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