Just Get On With It and Write!
November 3rd 2006 23:10
I just had a huge argument with my two little boys about their room. I've been telling them for three weeks now that it has to be tidied. They're not allowed any television or to go to their friends house until the job is done. I've tried offering rewards (if you tidy that area there, we'll have an icecream). I've tried yelling - which never works, but every so often I feel compelled to try it. I've even tried praying to God to please let us see the floor in their room again, because I really miss it and I've forgotten what it looks like. But their room is still a mess.
Now they have an issue with me about all the things they can't do. Their friend comes over and asks them to play and they cry when I say "Not until your room is tidied". They cry when I switch off the television in the middle of their favourite program. Why don't they understand that if they just got on with it and tidied their room then all these privileges would be returned?
But they don't get on with it. They make excuses. They sit in their room and do nothing. They complain that they are too tired or too sick or too busy. They are so much like me.
One of my dreams is to publish a novel. I've published lots of short stories, but I haven't even finished writing a novel. I keep starting, but things always get in the way. I sit in front of the computer and play computer games (or check out the blogs on Orble!). I'm always too tired or too sick or too busy. Why can't I understand that if I just got on with it and started writing, eventually my novel would be finished?
I have a fear that I will reach the end of my life and still will never have written a novel. The way it's looking at the moment, there's probably a good chance of that happening. Because in order to write a novel, I actually have to start writing it. No more excuses! Just get on with it and write!
I think my kids feel that if my put off tidying their room long enough, eventually they won't have to do it. Maybe they think it'll tidy itself. Maybe they think I'll do it for them. (I won't!). But nobody is going to tidy their room. If they want their privileges returned, they have to do it themselves.
If I want my novel written, I need write it. It won't write itself. Nobody else is going to do it for me. I'm the one who needs to just get on with it and write.
Now they have an issue with me about all the things they can't do. Their friend comes over and asks them to play and they cry when I say "Not until your room is tidied". They cry when I switch off the television in the middle of their favourite program. Why don't they understand that if they just got on with it and tidied their room then all these privileges would be returned?
But they don't get on with it. They make excuses. They sit in their room and do nothing. They complain that they are too tired or too sick or too busy. They are so much like me.
One of my dreams is to publish a novel. I've published lots of short stories, but I haven't even finished writing a novel. I keep starting, but things always get in the way. I sit in front of the computer and play computer games (or check out the blogs on Orble!). I'm always too tired or too sick or too busy. Why can't I understand that if I just got on with it and started writing, eventually my novel would be finished?
I have a fear that I will reach the end of my life and still will never have written a novel. The way it's looking at the moment, there's probably a good chance of that happening. Because in order to write a novel, I actually have to start writing it. No more excuses! Just get on with it and write!
I think my kids feel that if my put off tidying their room long enough, eventually they won't have to do it. Maybe they think it'll tidy itself. Maybe they think I'll do it for them. (I won't!). But nobody is going to tidy their room. If they want their privileges returned, they have to do it themselves.
If I want my novel written, I need write it. It won't write itself. Nobody else is going to do it for me. I'm the one who needs to just get on with it and write.
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Comment by K.L. Almeroth
Motherhood
Hi HistoryLass,
Yes, I know how you're feeling here. The end nevers seems near, book wise!
There's no other way...you just have to write it.
I know this probably doesn't help in any way, whatsoever.
There are nights when I'm too exhausted from dealing with my toddler to even contemplate writing (well, that's a lie, cause I'm always contemplating writing!).
And, at the moment, I've gone through a bit of a slump.
So you take some time off. Rest. Do what you want. Then get back to writing.
It's the only way, I'm afraid!
K.L.
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The Written Word
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