I need a plan. I’ve been virtually ineffective as far as my writing goes because I didn’t know really WHEN to do it. In the morning? My brain isn’t really functional, is it? During my lunch hour? My job is writing–not sure I want to write during my break — and I’d feel funny writing my own stuff at work (seems risky). And while writing at night seems like a viable option — I’m just too tired and unmotivated after a full day of work and family.
So now what? I figure my days need to include the following (beyond the obvious work, etc.):
1. spend time with my family
2. work out a few days each week
3. write every single day
Here’s what I know.
- I won’t work out at night. It just won’t happen. That leaves morning–which feels great… when it’s over. Or at lunch. The latter is actually pretty appealing because I get to break up my day and it’s pretty hard to indulge in bad treats when you just spent half an hour on a treadmill.
- We’ve already established that I won’t write at night. That really needs to be family time, unwind time.
So that leaves morning. The 20-year-old in me is screaming — NO! NOT THE MORNING! I’M SO NOT A MORNING PERSON. But the adult — the one with the dream who’d like to actually give it a shot — says that’s really the only option. There will be a certain pleasure in giving my personal writing the first stab at my brain each day, leaving the leftovers for my day job.
So that’s the plan.