Well, I'm 11 days in on my 21 day bad habit breaking trek. I can't say I am making significant changes as of yet, but I am working in that direction. In that light, this is just a quick post telling you I am marching on, one day at a time.
I found a poster on Pinterest, and I am not sure to whom to give credit for the words, but it contains great advice to which I have been referring often as of late. I leave you with it today as I get back to work...
WRITE
SOME LETTERS MAKE A WORD
WRITE
SOME WORDS MAKE A SENTENCE
WRITE
SOME SENTENCES MAKE A PAGE
WRITE
SOME PAGES MAKE A CHAPTER
WRITE
SOME CHAPTERS MAKE A BOOK
Have a wonderful weekend and happy writing!
Friday, March 20, 2015
Monday, March 9, 2015
Breaking Bad Habits
It's been said it takes 21 days to break a bad habit. Yikes! That is a long time. This time frame kept playing through my head this morning as I re-read a chapter in Page after Page by Heather Sellers. The chapter discussed the old "butt in chair" theory and how one needs to sit quietly, butt in chair, and write without distraction. Not do the laundry, answer email or the phone, wash dishes, etc., or any other of the multitude of time sucking tasks on one's long list of things to do.
Now, I, for one, and am all for the butt in chair phenomenon; however, I also don't function well with chaos around me--to include dirty dishes, laundry, dust bunnies or any other issues staring me in the face. Thus, I deal with those things first but then, voila, the day is gone--poof! How? Where do those minutes and hours go?
I'm now determined to break my bad (one could argue good given it is cleaning) habit of organizing my environment to death before writing. I'm going to give it the old college try anyway. So, today is day one (of the LONG 21 day stretch supposedly necessary), and I will report in along the way. As the old saying goes...where there's a will, there's a way.
Happy writing to all of you as well!
Now, I, for one, and am all for the butt in chair phenomenon; however, I also don't function well with chaos around me--to include dirty dishes, laundry, dust bunnies or any other issues staring me in the face. Thus, I deal with those things first but then, voila, the day is gone--poof! How? Where do those minutes and hours go?
I'm now determined to break my bad (one could argue good given it is cleaning) habit of organizing my environment to death before writing. I'm going to give it the old college try anyway. So, today is day one (of the LONG 21 day stretch supposedly necessary), and I will report in along the way. As the old saying goes...where there's a will, there's a way.
Happy writing to all of you as well!
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