shakespearemom

I told myself, this year, I would never do this…once I dropped my son off at preschool, I would ALWAYS use those precious two hours to write. I told myself I wouldn’t let laundry get in the way, I wouldn’t let school work get in the way. At least those three days per week, I would take the time to write, forgetting everything else.

Yet last week, I only kept my promise once. And I have a syllabus that must be finished by tomorrow (the class I teach starts tomorrow evening), and I still have nearly two chapters to read. So, what will I choose? Will I write anyway, and just hope I get the 100 pages of textbook read this afternoon so that I can spend all of tomorrow putting the class together? Or do I, yet again, put off my writing for the have-tos?

Now, you may be thinking, “How irresponsible. She needs to get that class done first.” But what you might not realize (but I do from experience) is that habits form quickly. If I put it off today for the syllabus, on Wednesday it will be something else, on Friday something else. And suddenly a month will have blown by, and I haven’t used that time at all.

I know one thing I need to do: I need to get out of this blog and start back into my textbook! Maybe if I can finish the first chapter I can work on my novel without guilt (and restart a GOOD habit of writing every single day).

Happy writing!

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