Punching the Clock

I haven't spent much time writing lately, and I've spent a good bit of time thinking about writing.  I have a good idea, I think, and I have a desire to get the story out, I am pretty sure, and I have the ability to do it (I've cranked out stuff before).  I even get motivated a little from time to time to write.

For some reason, though, it hasn't been happening.  I haven't been punching the clock, so to speak, and putting in the hours.

In a discussion with a co-worker the other day, I heard the phrase "you vote with your feet" in terms of displaying what is priority.  If it is a priority, you will do it.  Mur Lafferty talks about this all the time on her show I Should Be Writing.  The things that you do are the things that are a priority to you.  So the hours I spend watching television every week are my priority.  The two games of NCAA Football I played last night on the Wii were my priority.  Writing, reading about writing, and doing prep work and research (like the worksheets with Hallie Ephron's book that I am reading) have not been a priority.  Recently.

So, as we approach fall, which traditionally is my "peak writing time" I wonder what is keeping it from being a priority, other than me.  I can't think of much else.

So that's where I am, flouncing about this week.  I have some thoughts about how to jumpstart again, but we will see if those pan out, particularly with some days off I have in the next couple of weeks.