Motivation
Self-discipline and motivation to write are my two largest obstacles.
Ready for my excuses?
I work 40 hours a week at a pediatrics office. I leave the house at 6:45am and don't get home until just after 6pm. At that time I have to care for my 20 month old son- dinner, playtime, bath time and bed time. He's usually down by 8:45pm. Then it's clean up after the mad rush of toddler craziness that just happened. Husband and I are tidied up around 9:30pm. Then I have to work some more! Because I run my own home-based blog design business. So I work on the computer on designs until around midnight when I crash in bed from exhaustion, just to wake up and do it all over again.
Fridays I have off! We've been taking Mason to daycare on those days so I can have a day to myself. This would be the ideal day to write. I have time to myself and can listen to my music as loud as I like without fear of waking up the kiddo. But, this is also the ideal day to get majority of my design work done!
I call it my Writing Working Wasting day. Cause who doesn't need just an hour (or four) to waste around the internet? I could get lost in journals, fanfic, music, blogs, crafts, weight loss infomercials (lol).
Saturdays are a crap shoot. I work at the office at 8am until we get done (usually home by noon). Then I have exactly 4 hours to spend time with my family before we leave again for church to volunteer. Get home at 7pm. Cue bed time madness.
Sunday morning is more church at 10am (we get to sleep in- whoo!) and then lunch at the in-laws. And then Financial Peace University (trying to pay off debt) at 5:00.
OMG, I'm exhausted just looking at it.
Except for Fridays, where's the ME time? Where am I supposed to unwind, dive into God's Word- because I am a Christian and I don't seek Him out enough- when am I supposed to chase my dreams? Write a short story. Get all of this blah out of my head?
Goals for the next two months:
- Find at least two hours a week to write (I'm being realistic, here)... without the kid blaring in my ear.
- Cut back one thing I'm doing. Because, let's be honest, I'm doing too much. Maybe only volunteer every other week at church? And I might just put my foot down that we don't have to spend four hours at the in-laws every week. Blech.
- Watch BBC Pride & Prejudice again. Just because I haven't seen it in three years and it's calling to me...
- Get involved in some LJ communities again, find old LJ friends, and start connecting! Yeow!
BTW... I love coffee. It feeds my soul.
Ready for my excuses?
I work 40 hours a week at a pediatrics office. I leave the house at 6:45am and don't get home until just after 6pm. At that time I have to care for my 20 month old son- dinner, playtime, bath time and bed time. He's usually down by 8:45pm. Then it's clean up after the mad rush of toddler craziness that just happened. Husband and I are tidied up around 9:30pm. Then I have to work some more! Because I run my own home-based blog design business. So I work on the computer on designs until around midnight when I crash in bed from exhaustion, just to wake up and do it all over again.
Fridays I have off! We've been taking Mason to daycare on those days so I can have a day to myself. This would be the ideal day to write. I have time to myself and can listen to my music as loud as I like without fear of waking up the kiddo. But, this is also the ideal day to get majority of my design work done!
I call it my Writing Working Wasting day. Cause who doesn't need just an hour (or four) to waste around the internet? I could get lost in journals, fanfic, music, blogs, crafts, weight loss infomercials (lol).
Saturdays are a crap shoot. I work at the office at 8am until we get done (usually home by noon). Then I have exactly 4 hours to spend time with my family before we leave again for church to volunteer. Get home at 7pm. Cue bed time madness.
Sunday morning is more church at 10am (we get to sleep in- whoo!) and then lunch at the in-laws. And then Financial Peace University (trying to pay off debt) at 5:00.
OMG, I'm exhausted just looking at it.
Except for Fridays, where's the ME time? Where am I supposed to unwind, dive into God's Word- because I am a Christian and I don't seek Him out enough- when am I supposed to chase my dreams? Write a short story. Get all of this blah out of my head?
Goals for the next two months:
- Find at least two hours a week to write (I'm being realistic, here)... without the kid blaring in my ear.
- Cut back one thing I'm doing. Because, let's be honest, I'm doing too much. Maybe only volunteer every other week at church? And I might just put my foot down that we don't have to spend four hours at the in-laws every week. Blech.
- Watch BBC Pride & Prejudice again. Just because I haven't seen it in three years and it's calling to me...
- Get involved in some LJ communities again, find old LJ friends, and start connecting! Yeow!
BTW... I love coffee. It feeds my soul.