Keeping It In Check
Sep 22nd, 2006 by jenzug
Today during the kids’ naps I drafted an essay, read some blogs, and bookmarked several posts, thoughts, and insights that have inspired me. I feel I am constantly battling time, because at the moment I’d much rather finish my thought than empty the dishwasher. This is the point when discontentment can creep in if I don’t keep it in check. So I remind myself that I may not have been able to finish my thought, but I DID write 450 words today. And that’s not bad for an hour’s work.
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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