It’s only been two weeks since I have written a post every night, and I already feel off if I do not sit down to write as the people around me sleep. This has been a nice routine. I feel relieved that I publish something every day. I was very close today to skipping writing. A brief moment ago, I was extremely sleepy. Then I needed to record one observation.
Even while doing nothing, walking around the house is enough to freshen me up. Putting me back in the mood to get back to the routine. And once I am in the zone, sleep doesn’t disturb me. It’s only a brief moment of weariness that I need to fend off typically. That I need to overcome it to sit down at my regular place.
And then the words start flowing.
What also helps is I have marked a corner as my #writing place. Every day, at a fixed time, I sit down and start typing on a blank page. Today, I tried writing at a place which wasn’t my regular corner. I failed. I was distracted by sounds. Or the lack of regular sounds in my corner.
The moment I returned to the writing place, the process became easier.
Being productive writing only at a particular place/time or in a particular environment isn’t sustainable. But it’s a hack that works for me and might help pull me out of the writing slump.
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. ― Stephen King
I am done waiting.