It Was a Dark Time for the Project

So I took those two road trips back to back and something just didn’t go right along the way, in terms of writing at least. Went to the Grand Canyon, took a bunch of pictures, that was fine. But—and I don’t know if it was tiredness or jadedness or just using travel as an excuse—I got very little writing done on that trip.

And worse yet, I broke my habit of writing every day. And it turns out I was right: that’s really bad. I still haven’t gotten back into it.

Now, I have spent time on some other things. Early preparations for moving, for one thing. Also I decided to take photography up a notch and research better camera equipment. There were a couple of other personal projects in there. And, I’m starting yet another road trip tomorrow: another research trip to figure out where I might want to move.

So the time hasn’t been a total loss, but obviously I feel very crappy about having done maybe five days’ worth of writing in the last three weeks.

This next trip I’ll be solo, and that should help. I shouldn’t be in a huge rush, and should be able to find time to stop to write. Bernadette is safely at the ex’s, where she seems happy enough, so that’s not a worry.

Maybe I’ll do some blog updates from the road, though that was never really my intention. I’d rather spend the time writing. But I do want to keep this going at a reasonable pace. One of these days I need to release the half-written, long-awaited entries on the third and fourth walls (blockades to writing that I’ve experienced). Hell, arguably what I’ve been dealing with lately is a wall in itself, although it’s not related to the writing work, the subject matter, lack of ideas or any of the usual issues.

I think foremost I have to re-form the writing-every-day habit. Maybe the distractions are over with for the time being. But the whole point is that nothing must ever be allowed to distract you from writing every day. If it happens even two days in a row (maybe three), you’re screwed…because re-forming a habit is a lot harder than forming it in the first place. Take it from me….