Thursday, August 5, 2010

Sometimes Even Iced Tea Won't Cut It

In true broken-record fashion, I found myself lacking motivation to write this week. Instead, I looked up quotes about motivation on the Internet. Not quite what I needed to actually motivate myself to SIT AT THE DAMN COMPUTER AND WRITE.

Next, I decided to buy myself a $1 iced tea from McDonald’s as a treat when I didn't have a reason to reward myself.

I *almost* sat down to watch the special features on the “New Moon” DVD for the hundredth time (go Team Edward) when I finally guilted myself into opening my laptop. For a couple of hours, I revised a short story from the Taos Writers’ conference (incorporating workshop participants’ critiques). Then, I rewrote a chapter on my second (actually first) novel, “23 Conversations before a Funeral.”

Tomorrow is Friday, which means WRITING DAY. Just the little bit of writing and revising I did today jumpstarted me. I don’t think I’ll even need my iced tea fix but I’m not making any rash judgments.

What’s your favorite way to procrastinate?

7 comments:

  1. Watching television and playing on Facebook while eating watermelon is my favorite way to procrastinate!

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  2. Fake cleaning is my fame to procrastination.

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  3. Hey, I've missed you! I procrastinate by surfing the internet and reading blogs.

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  4. Checking my stats on my blog and music sites. "Am I famous yet?"(No.) "What about NOW?"

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  5. Doing "research" on the web, endless episodes of the X-Files, pacing my house, checking the garden (for what, I have no idea).

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  6. I clean my desk! organize, file papers, anything to create an open space where I can (presumably) resume working!

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  7. organize and clean my house

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