Munday week 38 - Procrastination!
But I don't -wanna-
Procrastination. We all do it, admit it.
But what about with your writing?
1. How does procrastination factor into your writing habits?
I've been unable to really write much for the past few months because work has eaten so much of my time and energy. It's not so much that I procrastinate as it is that I come home from work, eat, stare blankly at the computer for maybe half an hour (or read my flist and a couple of forums), then go to bed. This is pretty shocking to me, because I'm by nature nocturnal, and going to bed at 10pm is just WRONG. And then I wake up in the morning, still too damned tired, and go back to work where I do it all over again. I used to write and/or photoshop at lunch, but the number of times I've actually been able to not work through lunch in the past few months I could count on one hand...
2. How much does it hold you back?
I have finished two ficlets in the past few months. I think that says it all...
3. What do you do to put off your writing?
Work, eat, sleep, Live. Not to put off my writing, but it contributes to not being ABLE to write.
4. What, if anything, do you tell yourself to turn yourself off from the writing urge?
Now, that's a fun one, because I've discovered that the writing urge actually seems to hit me when I'm at work. And it's pretty easy to tell myself, 'if you sit here writing all day instead of getting personnel work done, you're going to get fired...' :(
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Muse: Peter Petrelli
Fandom: Heroes
Written for charloft
Procrastination. We all do it, admit it.
But what about with your writing?
1. How does procrastination factor into your writing habits?
I've been unable to really write much for the past few months because work has eaten so much of my time and energy. It's not so much that I procrastinate as it is that I come home from work, eat, stare blankly at the computer for maybe half an hour (or read my flist and a couple of forums), then go to bed. This is pretty shocking to me, because I'm by nature nocturnal, and going to bed at 10pm is just WRONG. And then I wake up in the morning, still too damned tired, and go back to work where I do it all over again. I used to write and/or photoshop at lunch, but the number of times I've actually been able to not work through lunch in the past few months I could count on one hand...
2. How much does it hold you back?
I have finished two ficlets in the past few months. I think that says it all...
3. What do you do to put off your writing?
Work, eat, sleep, Live. Not to put off my writing, but it contributes to not being ABLE to write.
4. What, if anything, do you tell yourself to turn yourself off from the writing urge?
Now, that's a fun one, because I've discovered that the writing urge actually seems to hit me when I'm at work. And it's pretty easy to tell myself, 'if you sit here writing all day instead of getting personnel work done, you're going to get fired...' :(
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Muse: Peter Petrelli
Fandom: Heroes
Written for charloft