Keeping Up
Writing requires a commitment for time to write and a passion to keep going when the going gets tough. Time seems to be the biggest problem for me. I sit down at my computer and read my e-mails, check out MySpace site and Facebook. Soon, hours have passed and no writing or editing has been done.
Today, I realized how wasteful I have been with time. I'm using blog readings and emails as an excuse to avoid getting down to work. This pattern must be broken.
I started my day a bit differently by doing the watering outside first while I thought about my work in-progress. Back inside as soon as the computer came on, I broke my resolution to change my ways!
Blogging and emails came first! This felt like the New Year's Eve promises I make and never seem able to keep, but lucky for me, my wireless keyboard went dead. That meant i had to wait for the batteries to recharge before continuing my poor time management.
I made some notes for my work-in-progress, took a shower, washed my hair so I'd be ready for tonight's romance writer's meeting, put the now charged batteries in place and came back on the Internet.
I know to change my ways totally, I must take small steps. I allowed myself fifteen minutes on the Internet for this session before I sign off and go to work for real. Tomorrow, I will have to earn my Internet minutes by writing first. I'm not sure what time or word count I'll use, but the writing now must come first.
How do you resolve your time commitments for your family, your writing, your day job if you have one, and playing on the Internet?
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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