I Can’t Write If I’m Not Reading
Absorbing the ideas of someone smarter is a catalyst for my own creative thought.
I’m currently working through a 30-day writing challenge. I’m six days in, and already hitting some snags: one of which is finding time to write.
We all have a finite number of hours in the day, of course, and I knew as I drove fearlessly into this project that I would have to practice some strict time management. As a newbie stay-at-home-mom, structuring my day without eight hours in an office — and still attending to all the needs, wants, and attention-demanding desires of my very favorite little boy — has been challenging and different. Some days I decide I am going to be The Perfect Homemaker and attempt a chore list a mile long, falling into bed exhausted at the end of the evening. Some days I squander my baby’s precious nap time with looking at pictures of him and reading funny articles… or scrolling Instagram for sewing ideas without actually sewing anything.
And now, I’m trying to motivate myself to procrastinate less when I write by pushing out one article a day. But I’m already sensing that something needs to change.
I need to spend less time on my phone.
Yeah, I know. Groundbreaking.
