There's not always something to say when you first put pen to paper, finger to keyboard. But the act of it, the muscle memory kicks in. If I'd been lacquered that day, or been knackered that day, it's a focal point to stream some of this emotion into a more recognizable form.
Some days I think all day about what I'll write, what'll do to push the streak along. Some days I just sit down and decide what comes to mind. Sometimes those are my favorite. There's no pretense, no motive other than the act of it hasn't been done that day. Not all chores are belittling, like caring for a pet - or a child, I suppose. Watering your plants gives you a happiness despite the fact you must do it consistently.
Recurring tasks used to be my stuff of nightmares. The idea of the mundane, the dreadful unchanging present tense that broke parts of me to my core, churned them up like a sink disposal. In time, I've learned it's a lot about framing. You don't clean dishes because you enjoy spending time in filth, but you do it for the act of cleaning, the end result. You don't savor who you are in the midst of suds and scum, or at least I don't. But it's an act I do without thinking because I'm fully bought into the end result.
Trust the process is far too often limited to sports usage, in my experience. A winning process can work for any task, any end point.
Some days I think all day about what I'll write, what'll do to push the streak along. Some days I just sit down and decide what comes to mind. Sometimes those are my favorite. There's no pretense, no motive other than the act of it hasn't been done that day. Not all chores are belittling, like caring for a pet - or a child, I suppose. Watering your plants gives you a happiness despite the fact you must do it consistently.
Recurring tasks used to be my stuff of nightmares. The idea of the mundane, the dreadful unchanging present tense that broke parts of me to my core, churned them up like a sink disposal. In time, I've learned it's a lot about framing. You don't clean dishes because you enjoy spending time in filth, but you do it for the act of cleaning, the end result. You don't savor who you are in the midst of suds and scum, or at least I don't. But it's an act I do without thinking because I'm fully bought into the end result.
Trust the process is far too often limited to sports usage, in my experience. A winning process can work for any task, any end point.
I can now catch myself when I'm trying to write something I don't want to write. When I think i want to write something but i actually don't.
There is always something that you actually want to write when you face the page. It's just about are you open to that being the thing you shall write.
those usually end up shorter because they have less true fuel. not to say i don't enjoy them, but that's how it goes lol.
do you often swerve or do you try to stick to the main thought?