After years of blaming my busy schedule, chasing tots, mountains of laundry, playing chauffeur, and a host of other excuses, I finally came to a point where I can confess the truth to myself, and also to you.
I can see you leaning in for a bit of juicy gossip, so I won't make you wait and wade through a story, analogy, or....
.....actually I do have a funny story, and this is as good a place as any to tell you. A few morning's ago I came out to breakfast and my husband was feeding the tots pudding. PUDDING!!!
Me, hands thrown in the air: WHY are you feeding them pudding?!
Husband, nodding his head with utmost sincerity: Because they were fighting over a toy. (Like everyone knows that's what you do in this situation and why are you asking.)
Now, friends, you all know why I'm just a little batty sometimes.
Anyhoo, back to my not-so-juicy-nor-surprising-revelation....
I know exactly what stands in the way of me achieving more word count each day. Ready?
TOO MANY GOOD BOOKS TO READ!!!! Told you it wasn't all that surprising. The other night I had to fight like an addict to stay away from a good book when I found myself with extra time to write in the peace and quiet of the evening. That's when it hit me, if I didn't have such a thing for books, I'd have twice the word count. And let's face it, reading a book is way easier and often more pleasurable than writing one.
What's your NUMBER ONE OBSTACLE TO PUTTING MORE WORDS ON THE PAGE?
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4 comments:
Is it possible to have a rolling obstacle?
Sometimes for me it is good books to read, sometimes it is good movies...often it is sports.
My word count will take a hit in the next couple weeks as March Madness hits.
Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk, KU!
Plain old doubt, I believe is my greatest obstacle, which of course leads to procrastination. Sadly, this is me!
Mine is exhaustion. I hope once Audrey is a little older this will get easier, but when she goes to bed around 9 each night, I have to as well or I can't function. My evenings are booked solid with her, especially since I work during the day and need those hours of quality time. I come home from work and we do dinner, clean up, her dinner, playtime, her bath, bottle and bed. Weekends are a little easier but Sundays are church and Saturdays we try to take it easy and recoup from the week, plus catch up on housework. With my fireman hubby's work schedule, its often just me and my daughter and I don't have that second person to relay with on duties. Good thing he's helpful when he's on his days off =)
After the kids are in bed and I'm pretty much brain-dead, I get stuck playing Civilization on XBox 360.
Hey, someone has to conquer the world.
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