Recuperation and Commitment
We’ve all spent the better part of the last month being sick. Well, the kids have passed their germs around and around like an endless game of Duck, Duck, Goose — we’ve renamed it Fever, Fever, Cough — but Special K and I have prevailed. That’s a lie. Special K has prevailed. I’ve been laying on the couch for three days dying. Now that I’m on death’s door, the kids are feeling better. I’ll be inundating this site with new pics. A special “sorry” to kid-haters and this month’s bandwidth allowance.
I’ve had time on my hands to ponder as I endure the slow creeping descent towards my inevitable and impending death. I’ve concluded that I need structure in my world if I ever want to get my book written. The goal: 2,ooo words a day. I’m scheduling specific writing time, 2 hours a day, and if I stare at a blank screen for 120 minutes, that’s what happens. Of course, this is all based on the assumption that I survive this cold. But if I do, I’m committing to the book. Ironically, I have never, ever, ever been able to spell the word “commitment” properly. Spell-check every single time.
Bottom line: It’s time to start throwing out some promises and commitments and deadlines and requirements if I ever want to achieve things. I don’t want to be sixty, still talking about my dream of writing a book some day. It’s hard to self-govern myself, but there is no other way. Therefore, prepare for lots of aimless posts where I attempt to talk myself through the desire to throw my burgeoning manuscript in the trash.
You should also expect lots of cranky, irritable, “I hate the very air that I breathe” types of posts as I apply this same practice of “doing” to my weight and fitness goals, organization in my personal life, etc. It’s going to be an ugly journey, folks.
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November 16th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Wendie, I couldn’t relate to you more if I was actually related to you
Sending “get well” hugs your way.
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November 16th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
You are inspiring! I will pray for the follow-through strength we all need to achieve such challenging but ATTAINABLE goals.
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November 17th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I hope your book is a comedy.
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November 17th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
My LIFE is a comedy. I don’t think I can escape it.
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Coming from a writer who is always talking about writing but never seems to get to it, I totally get it. I too am part of the “I am so going to write a book” club. All I’ve done so far is think about it alot. But hey, it’s the thought that counts, right?
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November 18th, 2009 at 12:09 am
Well the good news is that mine IS actually getting written now. It’s a must.
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