Warning: Today’s blog will be as disjointed as my life right now. As I talked about last time, I really want to get into a writing routine and find my groove. Alas, life is conspiring against me or if I’m being truly honest, I’m my own worst enemy.
First, let me paint a picture of me running on my own hamster wheel. In the wee hours of the morning, when I should be getting needed sleep, my brain start going over scenes for my work in progress. But I don’t get up and write it … I toss and turn until a more reasonable hour. Then I groggily realize that I really need to unpack a couple more boxes from my move last month if I want to find the perfect coffee mug to embody my super writer attitude. Several hours later I finally find the mug just where it should be, in the last place I looked, only to discover that I have no cream for my coffee. Just a quick run to the store for that and a few needed food items takes a few more hours. But, hey, a girl’s got to eat! By now the afternoon sinking spell takes hold so I decide to read a little bit of my latest book for research and have that cup of coffee. Then the phone start ringing with the newest family crisis, which reminds me about some appointments I need to make and bills I need to pay. Then I need to empty a few more boxes to find the needed paperwork to get that done. Soon it is after five and too late to call the offices, but I have found a new, more ergonomic location on the desk for my printer. Exhausted, I stop for the day after making barely a dent in my list and never getting my early morning musings typed up. I try to make it up late enough so that tomorrow doesn’t spin into a repeat of today.
This morning started much the same way, but I decided to stir things up a bit. I went for a walk then thought I would take the time to look at the links that Cathi talked about in her blog, 5 Great Newsletters. She always gives such inspiring advice and that is just what I was looking for. I went to the first newsletter, Sunday Smatterings, then jumped to the first article sited, The Calm of Everything as it Should Be. Well isn’t that ironic, I thought. Here I am thinking my distraction was getting my house in order, when this might be exactly what I need! Continuing on Sunday Smatterings, I see a reference for tips from Reddit. I had been wondering about Reddit (I know I’m behind the times) so I decided to research and then get an account. I’ve got to say, I love this site and easily got sucked into losing a few more hours of my day. It has questions and comments about all different subjects and well … check it out yourself. Suffice it to say that I may have found a new hamster wheel, but at least this got me on the computer. Which led me to writing this blog. The key word here is writing. Now I can go back to putting everything where it should be, and making those appointments, and chatting with my kids, and making a new list … and, eventually, finding my groove.
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