I've decided that since I am spending far too much time on the internet and not enough time writing, that in order to get back into a routine, I've got to trick myself.
So I am making myself write before I do anything online, be it Facebook or gaming or whatever. It doesn't matter the amount, the length of time, or even content. I have to write before I "reward" myself with doing other stuff.
Jewelry has even been put off these days. Mainly because I don't have a good enough space to work on it. I can go back to my little T.V. tray, but at night, the lighting is not very good in the living room. So, until I get decent lamps, it's on hold. Which is all right. Writing is what I want to be doing, now that I have my computer desk. I have everything (well, almost everything) I used to have around me. My map is up on the wall, I have my index cards and index card files, I have my binders with all my notes... whoa, wait... Just realized my main binder is missing.
Crap.
I'll have to find that later.
For the most part, I have everything I need. So whether it be a blog post or flash fiction, or even some revisions, I've got to write something before I can have fun. Sounds reasonable, right? And if I was truly worried about getting into a game or something, this post would look like this:
"I'm rewarding myself for writing ANYthing so I can play Guild Wars 2. See ya."
Ha! But not only would that be cheating, I'd be cheating you out of the time you are taking to read this as well as cheating myself of some good quality writing time.
Did I mention it is also nice and quiet at my house? That's another reason for writing something. Love my granddaughter to bits, but she's hitting that age where she's learned the power of the screech. So I'll take what quiet time I can. Never realized before just how important that was to me.
The things you learn, right?
Hope you have had a good week so far and continue to have a good rest of the week.
What are some of the silly things you do to get yourself to write? Do you need noise or quiet? Music or silence?
2 comments:
Sounds like a good plan to me. I'm definitely online too much. It's partly a function of putting up too many blog posts and keeping up with those. On the other hand, composing the blog posts and even commenting for that matter is writing even though it might not be precisely the type of writing I should give more focus to.
Classical music is nice, but silence works well for me and in the daytime my house can be very quiet with just me here. I just need to turn off talk radio more often--very distracting.
Good luck with your self-trickery.
Arlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
I couldn't write with screeching going on, that's for sure. Music, yes. Even with the television on. But no screeching.
Hope your plan works!
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