I Really Should Be Sleeping

I have an early morning ahead of me, and I really should be asleep.  It is true that we make time to do what we really want to do.  Even when our days are long and full, if we really want it, we can squeeze out a few minutes for those things we are most passionate about.  Apparently I am passionate about Words with Friends.  I find time to play WWF everyday ☺!

Back in January I had some high hopes and opened my big mouth and boldly declared that I would have a rough draft of a book ready by my birthday - HA!  September seemed like a  l  o  o  o  o  o n g  way off.  It was not. I was wrong. It was an incredibly short span of time, and I was totally ridiculous, and overly optimistic to think that I could produce anything remotely like a manuscript in less than 9 months.  Crazy talk. 

My birthday came and went.  It was a great day, I felt loved, but no book was written.  No outline, no draft, no nothing, zip ....

I have decided that, yes, I want to write a book, and no, I did not want to bad enough to actually do it in the last 9 months.  I have also decided that it is difficult, if not impossible, for me to schedule creativity.  I can't put, "be creative", on a to do list like, say, "go to the bank".  It just doesn't work.  I think what may work for me is to put things on my to do list that inspire creativity.  Rather than the actual task of creating, I need to schedule time to ponder, observe, experience new things, read, relax.  My daily lists need to include things like - hike, walk, watch the sunrise, watch the sunset, go to the beach, go to lunch with friends, read a book, take a class, study a subject.  When I do these things, my mind becomes more active and creativity flows.  When my creative mind is working, you can't stop me from writing.