Sunday, January 31, 2016

Life Simplified

After moving to new house, it's been hard to sort life out. Found a new job and new chaos. Life doesn't settle. I'm just not comfortable anywhere anymore. I have no 'me' space.

I'd like to change that- start a daily habit of showing up.
Also, I want to way lower my expectations for my writing. Start embracing good enough. I'm so critical- it's never good enough, never finished, never published.

Wish I could make my own covers- then life would get really simple.
I'd just start write and publish, write and publish. It is what it is.

Part of the war is over- I don't care what I publish next or what order or the right way. just get something out there. I'm still caught in the dilemna of which story I can actually develop and finish til the end. Or do I just get the started stuff finished. That would make the most sense. But then how to fix the issues. What to remove/what to keep. Wish I could afford someone to tell me what to do to fix it. Or find enough distance to just tell myself. It's easy enough to know how to fix other stories. So therefore there's no reason I can't fix my own stories.

So that's that.

And how to schedule the day.

Goals:
Cooking, cleaning, exercise, WORK, WRITE.
It's hard to fit it all in. And much easier to just crash after the obligatory crap day at work.

If I can keep it simple, I will. Just show up here every day with my goals. See how it goes.
I need to get this setup better as a writing space anyone. I'm stuck with this layout for at least a couple of years. So better suck it up since time keeps ticking away.

I wish writing was simpler. Stories aren't that complicated to read. They so heck complicated to write.
Why is that though? It doesn't make any sense.
Except I've got such a tight grip around the 'pencil' that it's the most constipated of experiences. I miss writing for fun.
Again, as above, why can't I just write for fun, publish good enough. Rewrite later if I suddenly think I can fix the issues of a previously published story.

Oh and I got to help that other person get their stuff published. So yet another time suck.
Must get that over with already. UGH. I really didn't want to sign up for that.