An IMPORTANT bit of Writer Wisdom
(Which I often forget)
Good news! My daughter is home after nearly a year away. Oh how I missed her.
Bad news: I didn’t write for three of the seven days I was supposed to, choosing to spend time with her, instead.
Oops . . .
Here’s my two cents: I know that I often get caught up in my writing. The narrative, the characters, the thinking that happens in that process sweep me away like a current so that I forget to be present in real life. I could feel guilty for not writing (and often do), but am choosing not to. Being present is so important, and though I have to remind myself to do that very thing—to be in the moment IRL—those aren’t moments than I can get back.
So maybe I didn’t get enough writing done, or I failed on my goal to write everyday. O’well. It will still be there. I will pick it back up and keep moving forward.
I vow not to miss out on the important stuff (or guilt myself for missing the writing).
