Reverb10 – Day Two
Prompt: Writing. What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?
Hmmm, I am not a writer – but I am a photographer, an artist, a wife, a mother, a friend. And there are a couple of glaring things that keep me from being the best at all of those things
My biggest roadblock is the mindless staying up late that I do. The kind where I end up watching lame TV shows and munch on popcorn, instead of actually turning off my brain and going to sleep. It negatively effects my whole day – and yet I get in cycles where I routinely am going to bed at 1 or 2am and wasting my days away in a sleepy fog. I’m currently in the middle of one of those cycles. I woke up at 7:30 today – and hope to break the cycle tonight.
The other thing is a big contributor to the first one, it’s caffeine. I am working on eating healthier - I only cook vegan for goodness sake! – but I still live off Dr. Pepper. I can get down to about one bottle a day – and then all of a sudden I zoom up to 3 and 4 and my whole life goes to hell. It’s a nasty habit I picked up in Texas and haven’t been able to shake. On that note, I’m going to go make myself some peppermint tea!
What roadblocks do you put up?
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i think that part of the idea with participants of reverb10 commenting on each other’s blogs is the idea that we are connected, even when we feel isolated. and i feel isolated quite frequently.
but how can i? when i too rely almost completely on a caffeinated beverage to keep me moving (my weapon of choice is diet coke). and i too will watch mindless tv until the wee hours of the morning.
so we live worlds apart. i am not a photographer or a wife or a mother, but we are putting up the same roadblocks. i think that’s comforting. in a way.
Hi Rachel,
It is comforting and thanks for commenting. I just popped over to your blog and realized we have more in common – I spent my junior/senior high school years in Eastern Washington, specifically – Connell. And I am a cynical romantic also! I’ve been married three times (and been engaged two more times) and I am invariably called crazy or hopelessly optimistic for those things. My husband and I just celebrated our 5 year anniversary – so I think those earlier relationships were just the education I needed in order to create a strong, stable, happy relationship. See – cynically romantic!
I love your blog! I must admit, once I started reading, I had to read more. I cant believe so many months have passed and we never have ran into each other again. After the holidays, I would love to get together and chat. Good work on everything! Kari