I have no idea how to structure a day.
The clock reads 12:34 and I’ve done almost nothing useful. I did, in fact, begin to change my shower curtain as I was engaged in a lengthy conversation with my brother about life, weather conditions, and upcoming nuptials. I did not write. I did not grade. I barely sorted through my emails. Yet my work day is basically over. Out in the kitchen the Lady Talis is preparing lunchtime salads. We will sit and eat and play games. By the time it is all over the clock will probably read three or later. Then what? I need to get some form of exercise, which at that hour likely means a walk. That’s done by four or later. Then we are deciding how we want to spend our evening.
I don’t like disrupting what life we’ve carved out for ourselves here on these days where we are not in the office. I don’t like that on these days if I slip up just a little and don’t get on the computer to write early, I don’t write at all. That means that for this project that is due in 8 days and has roughly a thousand words I need to write a day including today in order to successfully finish, I need to discover a way to produce meaningful time for each remaining day. I have never learned how to be consistent like that. If I did–when I do–I will be prolific. After all, 1000 a day translates into 365,000 words a year. That’s a solid 3 novels for me. In order to make a living off this I probably need 4.
Some Thoughts:
- I will find a way to get in my 1K today. I will find a way to hit that number every day moving forward. I really want this. I have the ability and the need to get this done. The need was lacking up until now, but I am trying to transition out of full time teaching and this is all I do otherwise. Nobody is paying me to be a washed up FB coach. Nobody is signing up for me to be their 7 on & franchise lead. This is the job. I have the stories. This is the way.
- By the way, I am struggling to find new stuff to read via audible. I settled on an hour long Joe Hill short for the moment, but that is only going to get me through a day or two.
- Organization is the underlying theme through this post. I need to get organized and get my priorities in order. Obviously, the love life comes first. The writing has to be next on the list.
- Part of that has been the large reduction in gaming time. I just don’t anymore. It feels like a realization that there is not any time in my life for falling into game narrative. I gotta use that time to clean my bathroom or grade papers or any number of tasks I don’t want to do.