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<\/a>EVEN STILL I have days where I feel like OH LORD I CANNOT with the writing. \u00a0Which is terrible, because I have no excuses. \u00a0Well, that’s not true: despite my situation, I do have requirements and responsibilities and two to three other people to share a house with*, and am the one handling the various domestic tasks like errands, cooking, laundry, dishes, etc, in addition to elements of our home business. \u00a0Some days have special projects, and at the end of those days, the idea of putting my ass in the chair and cranking out some words just makes be want to fall down.<\/p>\nNonetheless: the writing needs to be done, even on the bad days. \u00a0I’m not going to preach some sort of writing perfectionism. \u00a0There are days when it doesn’t happen. \u00a0Usually because I’m just exhausted or have too many other things to get done that day. \u00a0And while I do say that if you want to write you have to make it a priority, that’s about the long term, not necessarily the day-to-day.<\/p>\n
Some days it just doesn’t happen, and you shouldn’t kick yourself for that.\u00a0Allow yourself the luxury of a bad day, or a sick day, because it’s a long haul. \u00a0You can get back on the horse the next day.<\/p>\n
But you DO have to get back on the horse the next day. \u00a0Do not wallow in your failure. Just accept that you had a bad day and move on. \u00a0Because things\u00a0will<\/em> go bad in this business. \u00a0Things will go bad with you and your day-to-day. \u00a0You could slip and break a foot. \u00a0You could wake up with a killer case of vertigo. \u00a0Your car could be rear-ended by some kids who were skipping school.** \u00a0Any of those happen, and your productivity will drop. \u00a0But you can’t let that stop you.<\/p>\n And speaking of: plenty of work to do. \u00a0Quite the long term to-do list on my part.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n