If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain't enough!
- Shel Silverstein -
There is difficulty in showing up in the way I want to, but I've found it's all about what I do rather than what I think. I mean, I can think all I want and have a lot of enjoyment and enlightening moments come to town, but when I need to get something done, something that is challenging, something that is hard but so worth it, I have to do rather than think.
Writing is like that for me. I sat at my computer yesterday, trudging through a third revision of my book, and I acted like a small child being asked to eat their broccoli. I squirmed in my seat and groaned. I tried to come up with reasons why I shouldn't sit down and write, mostly hitting on the same reason each time, "I'm not feeling it."
I love writing. I love the way I feel when I'm done writing. I love the stories that evolve and the places I get to go when I write. But sometimes it's everything in me to sit long enough for me to write; hence, the action of writing.
I know I can write. This is a fact, but it doesn't always get me to write. So I write first and think about it later. That seems to work better for me. Yesterday, I revised two chapters. Hurray for me. Today my goal is the same, but I'll start with writing and thinking about how I can write later.
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