{"id":9931,"date":"2025-11-06T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=9931"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:31:18","slug":"back-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=9931","title":{"rendered":"BACK TO IT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m back to writing daily.<\/p>\n\n\n

Because …<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. I missed it. I have felt somewhat mentally adrift ever since I fell out of the habit. Writing helps me process life and reinforces whatever the Lord is currently teaching me. It’s too useful to neglect.<\/li>\n\n\n
  2. I have a renewed purpose. Today (Noevember 5, 2025) I got notice that – unbeknownst to me – I am a full month into a 6-month class required for my dissertation!\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

    Yes, I have missed at least one assignment and a Zoom meeting so far.<\/p>\n\n\n

    Wesley Biblical Seminary decided they needed to light a little fire under a handful of their doctorate students who are stalled out – including yours truly. And so they established a new class.<\/p>\n\n\n

    Sure, it would have been nice to learn about the October start date in September rather than November, but I applaud the school’s proactiveness. I NEED some deadlines if I am ever going to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n

    In theory, by the end of this class I will have my prospectus completed and, God willing, approved.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

    In order to get everything processed and written by the end of March, though, I will need to invest time daily.<\/p>\n\n\n

    So THAT is my renewed purpose for this blog for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n

    Hopefully, the things I write here in the coming weeks can serve as rough draft material for my dissertation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

    (The last time I tried to reignite my writing habit was in July, just before Melissa and I went to Scotland to celebrate our 25th anniversary. I was too much in the moment to write daily during that trip, but of course I now wish I had followed through with that writing!)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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