7:30 a.m.:
It sure was hard to get up this morning.
Nevertheless, here I am at 7:30 (or so) writing. My aspiration is to get up at 6 and have breakfast before starting to write at 7:30. Last night I fell asleep in my clothes (even my coat) and slept from 7 to 9, and then could not get back to sleep until after midnight. then it was very hard to wake up this morning. I'm up now and all is well.
Main project today: prospectus for The Elements of Academic Writing. And maybe some other things will emerge as well.
Writing is hard work. I find it much easier to distract myself with familiar, routine chores. Writing by definition requires creating something new, something unfamiliar. That can be intimidating.
Update from Tuesday morning:
I did work hard on the prospectus and basically finished the whole thing. Now I just need to polish it up and send it in.
I also took care of several errands in Hyannis, so I felt good about myself last night. Now if I could just manage to feel good about myself without tying it to having accomplished a bunch of stuff.
And as for writing being hard work, which I mentioned three paragraphs above: When I finally stopped distracting myself with household chores, it all fell into place rather easily. And the feeling of accomplishment when I was done made it all worthwhile.
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