Are there ever any?
I kind of think about when a husband and wife decide they want to start having children but then they wait. To have enough money, but there never seems to be enough. To have the right job, but never seem to find it. To get that promotion you’ve been waiting for, but it never comes. To, to, to, there seems to always be something that gets in the way. As any parent will tell you, if you wait until the “perfect” time you will never have them. You just have to do it and somehow it all works out.
The same is true for writing. There will always be that load of laundry that needs to be done. Or that bathroom that needs to be cleaned. Or grocery shopping. Or any number of things. You have to give yourself the time to do it. Whether its only 15 minutes a day or 6 hours. Find the time and then stick to it. When you do, it will feel so rewarding. Now I just have to remember to stick to my own advice (she smiles).
I find if I make time to write, I then am motivated to quickly get my chores done. I also like to write for however long, not too long because of my back, and get up to hurry to get a chore done and sit down to write again. It’s important to me to keep up with my house. At night is another story. I get to write for a long while and take a break only to stretch my back. :)) This is what works for me.
I think you came up with an awesome schedule that works for you. We all have to do that. When we try to do something that works for someone else because it sounds so good, it doesn’t mean that is good for us in the end. Each life is so different. Even as husband and wife, they are different. In the end it’s what works for us that counts the most.
Oh, I forgot to say we do not have a television, so no distractions at night. :))
Well, I can’t say that as we do have a TV, but since the move to Alaska we don’t have any shows we watch on a regular basis right now. I did just start to watch the new Hallmark series based on Janette Oke’s series “When Calls the Heart.” The first show aired on Saturday night. I DVRed it and watch it sometime on Sunday. It was good.