strategies to overcome obstacles to writing III
Today is supposed to be 24 minutes…
In some ways, I am recognizing that the biggest obstacle to my writing and publication is that last dirty bit: deciding it's time to write, and then getting the manuscript out. [I suppose there's a little bit after that which is the editing process, and even after that the review process; however, I'm stuck into projects right now the "now just write it!" Stage] So, my conclusion is that overcoming the inertia and getting words on the page IS a massive thing for me.
Briefly, I will revisit those initial obstacles – at least that list that I generated initially – and think about the problem of "wanting to push the 'play' button instead of choosing to push the 'work' button." I do not know that I have a good answer to this problem or a strategy to work on avoiding it. Perhaps, this is a place where the "oneryness" skills might serve me well. so far, in this get up and write every morning plan, I've missed a couple of days. And moreover those states have happened sort of randomly… Well in both cases it was after several consecutive days of writing – external factors seem to have a big impact on whether I was able to get up and do it as well. in both cases, one of the external factors was the fact that I simply couldn't get out of bed.
So that leads to another new rule:go to bed on time, or better yet early. I really have to go to bed at a reasonable hour especially after several days of cutting back on sleep. However, this may come into conflict with the other rule of washing the dishes before going bed ;-).
Today is supposed to be 24 minutes…
In some ways, I am recognizing that the biggest obstacle to my writing and publication is that last dirty bit: deciding it's time to write, and then getting the manuscript out. [I suppose there's a little bit after that which is the editing process, and even after that the review process; however, I'm stuck into projects right now the "now just write it!" Stage] So, my conclusion is that overcoming the inertia and getting words on the page IS a massive thing for me.
Briefly, I will revisit those initial obstacles – at least that list that I generated initially – and think about the problem of "wanting to push the 'play' button instead of choosing to push the 'work' button." I do not know that I have a good answer to this problem or a strategy to work on avoiding it. Perhaps, this is a place where the "oneryness" skills might serve me well. so far, in this get up and write every morning plan, I've missed a couple of days. And moreover those states have happened sort of randomly… Well in both cases it was after several consecutive days of writing – external factors seem to have a big impact on whether I was able to get up and do it as well. in both cases, one of the external factors was the fact that I simply couldn't get out of bed.
So that leads to another new rule:go to bed on time, or better yet early. I really have to go to bed at a reasonable hour especially after several days of cutting back on sleep. However, this may come into conflict with the other rule of washing the dishes before going bed ;-).
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