Lent is tomorrow and I forgot. Not that I forgot, technically I didn't even know when it was this year. I totally skipped it last year and I vowed to do better this year. So what am I going to give up for 40 days as a sacrifice? I could give up chocolate but I don't really eat that much. Soda? I don't drink enough. The whole point is to give up something that is an "idol" and that would really miss during those 40 days without it but you give it up because of Jesus's enormous sacrifice for us.
So I started thinking, "what do I do entirely too much that "runs" me?" I made a list. First on the list? Facebook. Sad, isn't it? It is. Harvesting, growing my town, playing mindjolt pool and checking out what my friends are up to a hundred times a day has gotten a little too important. So for the 40 days of Lent no Facebook. I can do it. The temptation will be hard to fight but I can do it. Maybe since I'm not checking Facebook numerous times throughout the day I'll actually get some writing done. What a concept!
Hopefully, I'm not shooting myself in the foot by adding one more thing to my plate.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Another week of no writing...
...or blogging about not writing. Didn't I say I was going blog even if I didn't write? Apparently, that did not happen.
Things have been crazy considering I'm still job hunting and trying to readjust to living with my parents, with my sweetheart in tow. Two grown adults living with one of those grown adult's parents. Yay.
Without making excuses, because they just sound bad in my ears. I haven't been putting writing high on the priority list. That needs to change. At the very least I need to blog more, to be consistent. Today is all about being consistent thanks to starting my morning with some good ol' Joyce Meyer. (www.joycemeyer.org)
I've noticed that the only thing I'm consistent about is being inconsistent. Not a good thing. So, I'm looking at pictures of Pemberley(for you non Pride and Prejudice people, Pemberley is Mr. Darcy's breathtaking home) and other Jane Austen things to get my motivated and inspired. How is that I'm not able to be consistent in my writing and urges to write when I have more technology than Jane Austen did, or heck, more than Stephen King did when he started writing. He wrote Carrie on a typewriter(clickity-clack)while balancing it on his lap. Who the heck am I to complain that I don't have quiet? Isn't that why God invented headphones? Let's say I didn't even have a laptop to work from. What happened to good old fashioned paper? Yeah, I know I shouldn't waste paper but it's not like I'm going to write a single word on each piece and call it done. I've actually been toying with the idea of writing more from long hand and then transfering it to the laptop. That blinking cursor can be rather intimidating when it wants to be.
So? What am I going to do? For starters, I'm not going to be hard on myself. Yes, I need to be consistent but I'm not going to beat myself up for not writing 10 pages a day. I know I'm not at that place yet but if the muse fairies decided to help me out with that I would not complain. Some authors talk about their muse. Mine, just for fun, are the three fairies from Sleeping Beauty. Why? Because I change my mind so often on what I want to work on. Seem fitting.
Okay, so after this extremely long blog post, which I think is so long to make up for the fact I haven't blogged in a week, I am going to get back to work. My outline is next to me and I have my headphones firmly placed on my head with Michael Buble crooning in my ears so I have not excuse not to write so here I go...
Things have been crazy considering I'm still job hunting and trying to readjust to living with my parents, with my sweetheart in tow. Two grown adults living with one of those grown adult's parents. Yay.
Without making excuses, because they just sound bad in my ears. I haven't been putting writing high on the priority list. That needs to change. At the very least I need to blog more, to be consistent. Today is all about being consistent thanks to starting my morning with some good ol' Joyce Meyer. (www.joycemeyer.org)
I've noticed that the only thing I'm consistent about is being inconsistent. Not a good thing. So, I'm looking at pictures of Pemberley(for you non Pride and Prejudice people, Pemberley is Mr. Darcy's breathtaking home) and other Jane Austen things to get my motivated and inspired. How is that I'm not able to be consistent in my writing and urges to write when I have more technology than Jane Austen did, or heck, more than Stephen King did when he started writing. He wrote Carrie on a typewriter(clickity-clack)while balancing it on his lap. Who the heck am I to complain that I don't have quiet? Isn't that why God invented headphones? Let's say I didn't even have a laptop to work from. What happened to good old fashioned paper? Yeah, I know I shouldn't waste paper but it's not like I'm going to write a single word on each piece and call it done. I've actually been toying with the idea of writing more from long hand and then transfering it to the laptop. That blinking cursor can be rather intimidating when it wants to be.
So? What am I going to do? For starters, I'm not going to be hard on myself. Yes, I need to be consistent but I'm not going to beat myself up for not writing 10 pages a day. I know I'm not at that place yet but if the muse fairies decided to help me out with that I would not complain. Some authors talk about their muse. Mine, just for fun, are the three fairies from Sleeping Beauty. Why? Because I change my mind so often on what I want to work on. Seem fitting.
Okay, so after this extremely long blog post, which I think is so long to make up for the fact I haven't blogged in a week, I am going to get back to work. My outline is next to me and I have my headphones firmly placed on my head with Michael Buble crooning in my ears so I have not excuse not to write so here I go...
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Days 4-10
Day 4-Moving
Day 5-Moving
Day 6-Moving
Day 7-Unpacking and lugging boxes down to basement
Day 8-More unpacking and more lugging
Day 9-Even more unpacking and even more lugging
Day 10-Still unpacking. Am I done yet?
Can you tell what I've been doing the past week? To make matters worse, we aren't done just yet. Eric and I are driving, yes driving, to Texas on Saturday so I'm having to pack for that trip, too. Let's just hope that weather permits and "the boat"(aka his car)are able to make the trip.
Day 5-Moving
Day 6-Moving
Day 7-Unpacking and lugging boxes down to basement
Day 8-More unpacking and more lugging
Day 9-Even more unpacking and even more lugging
Day 10-Still unpacking. Am I done yet?
Can you tell what I've been doing the past week? To make matters worse, we aren't done just yet. Eric and I are driving, yes driving, to Texas on Saturday so I'm having to pack for that trip, too. Let's just hope that weather permits and "the boat"(aka his car)are able to make the trip.
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