So, I have had my aunt, uncle and thirty-three year old cousin visiting since Friday. They leave tomorrow and then I will have another cousin arrive Wednesday morning. I love my family and like them visiting, but with the conference a few short weeks away, I want to focus on my writing, which is hard to do when you are hosting. Oh and did I mention my kids are starting their two-week spring break on Monday. Because of this, my stress is heavy, feels like I’m Atlas balancing the world on my shoulders. My body is exhibiting signs. On my lip is a puss filled puffy cold sore. The second one in two weeks. And I’ve been having headaches. However, I realize that if I’m published that life will get in the way of my deadlines and I will have to continue to work through them. So, I will continue to soldier on.
What prohibits you from writing and how do you respond?
I tend to only be able to write, if that is all I am focusing on. It’s unlike anything else (where I multi-task like crazy). So what prevents me from writing is having anything else due or on my mind. This is usually easy to resolve (do everything else first) but if something is dependent on someone else (need someone to respond to an e-mail) then it throws off my whole day.
Also, I think everything takes about 30 minutes longer than it does (except cooking). So I will think “Oh, I can’t write right now. I’ve got a rehearsal in the city in 3 hours. But I have to leave an hour before, and should get there early to run lines, and that means I only have about 45 minutes, and if I get started, I won’t want to stop. Of course I will have to stop, which will make me annoyed at rehearsal, as well as nervous that I won’t get back in the zone.” So even though I have several hours to do something, I worry doing it will get in the way of things down the road.
Clearly I’m crazy.
Not crazy…just invested in your manuscript. I know I can relate to it.