Live like you are selling
Apr 15th, 2007 by Jesse Moore
I’ve been a little embarrassed about the lack of content on this site, so when I develop content of any form I feel like I should let you all in on it.
I don’t think that anyone knows the degree of the writer’s block that I’ve been suffering from the last two years. It’s actually painful for me to try to write. It used to be that I could write a paragraph, re-read it, then second guess and edit elements of that paragraph. As my OCD has progressed, this became a sentence by sentence ordeal, until eventually I was second-guessing my thoughts before I could even get them on paper.
I was recently motivated to write a blog post for our real estate blog, and while the idea has been perc’ing for awhile, didn’t come into being until today. It’s not that the content is earth-shattering, nor even the writing that good -but that it’s WRITING. It went through several stages of edits, and while length is no indication of worth, it does show some amount of perseverance to me.
I wish I was kidding about this. Part of my inability to write has been because of a lack of time to do so, but largely it’s been because of pure inability. It means a lot to me that you all keep checking in - please continue to do so. We have a cute video of Selah that will be up soon. Until then, read the only thing I’ve written in a looonnnng time: Live Like You Were Selling.
I really enjoy your posts and bet that no one who reads your blog minds waiting! Thanks for writing!
Nice post on Pickett Street, Jesse. I very much understand the issues of OCD in writing as I’ve experienced those too, especially when writing business email (how is my tone, can anything I say/write be misconstrued, how does that turn of phrase sound, could I word this better, etc., etc., ad nauseum). I could (and would) spend an hour on an email consisting of just a couple of paragraphs. Sound crazy? Maybe. All that to say I sympathize with you.