Now that I am feeling better I need to whip myself back into shape in several ways. First, physically. I need to build my strength and hopefully my endurance back up. It will hopefully have the added benefit of getting my blood pressure back down too. I don’t like exercising. But I can bribe myself with anime for the bike. And I can stand a few arm repetitions after work and dinner.
Second, I need to get writing again. The difficult part is being without my computer. (Come back soon!) But I can still draft my next novel.
So every week to keep me accountable, I need to report how many times I have exercised and how much I have written.
Part of my writing dilemma apart from my poor computer is my next story has a thorny issue – my protagonist is not the main character/viewpoint character. I need to figure out how to do this.
Part of it has been thinking about why I want to write. I know I have something in me just waiting to get out and stories seems most natural. I want to write stories I would enjoy reading. I want to make people’s days a little better and maybe make them a little better for having been touched by me. I realized about two years ago that yes I am insignificant and have little to offer – but I do have something to offer. It would be wrong not to offer it if I can.
Now if I can remember this when things get tough.
