There are so many quotes from different authors, telling us that we need to be writing regardless of our mood. We need to write even when inspiration doesn't strike, when we're tired or busy. If we want to really be authors, we need to write even when we deeply don't want to.
Which is so very hard to do.
In two and a half weeks, my daughters will be back at school (my youngest daughter in kindergarten, which is crazy). As a stay at home mom with an eight-month-old, I haven't had to get up at a certain time this summer, which as been nice. But the summer is almost over, and with the need of getting into a waking routine, I'm going to add a writing routine as well.
I am going to wake up at five every weekday morning. That way I can blearily get dressed and moving without feeling like I'm cutting into my assigned writing time, and then devote 5:30-6:30 to writing (with the understanding that I will almost certainly be interrupted to go and breastfeed my little guy once during that time) before having to get my children up, moving, and ready for school.
The early morning is really the best time for me to devote to writing. Once kids are up and about, my life is full of stay at home mom things, and my baby's naps are busy with exercising or showering. We have things to do during the day, like eating, playing, and, hypothetically, cleaning. I can't say that I'll write each evening after they go to sleep or I'll never spend time with my husband. So, morning it is.
And can I just say that five o clock is really frigging early?!
Still, if I can get into a routine of this, my life will include writing without my having to find the time to write. It will be built right in and there will be no excuses for not doing it.
I can do this. Even if it's so, very, very early...
