when you can't find the words

I am supposed to write a copy for a brochure that the company would be producing in time for that big conference in Florida this September. Content only, that's what he said. Today's the deadline for the whole thing and I can't find the words.

Yes, am having a problem writing the first few lines that will give me a jumpstart. I used to do this at will - accept the assignment, walk around the office searching for the words to start me off writing, then sit down and type. And type I will until the first draft is done..but now...

Damn! It's not easy losing that streak you thought would never leave you. I guess I've been away too long. I guess I've been asleep too long.

You see, I'd rather write about whatever's going on in my head than whatever's going on in the business. I'd rather write about how I feel when my phone calls aren't being answered. I'd rather rant about being shut out. I'd rather do something I wanted to do, rather than do something I had to do.

There are times when I wish my life is as simple as when I was a kid, when worries about deadlines are limited to school projects and missed tv shows. Then I realize this: when I was a kid, I wished that I'd be a grown up and worry about what grownups worry about.

It's always easy sitting at the other side of the fence and wish that you were there instead of here.