Word count for today: 0. Manuscript total: 125,379 — only about 2,400 words since last week’s update.
On Friday night, I got to watch LT read one of her short stories at an event that was part of the annual Lambda Literary Festival in Los Angeles. All the authors who read were amazing, from LT’s dark, mystical story about the way the Vietnam War split people’s souls in two to the hilarious tale of the rare lesbian who doesn’t enjoy camping At All.
But supporting LT meant I didn’t get much homework done over the weekend, which meant that I did it this morning, which meant that I didn’t write for the third morning in a row, which meant that for a whole week, instead of hitting my 10k/week goal, I only got a fraction of those words in. Again. All of which means my goal of finishing Soldier of Dorsa by mid-October is feeling more and more unlikely.
Meanwhile, remember the self-care intention from last week?
Yeeeeeah, so… I *did* get up early and go to the gym one morning last week. Which made me so sore that I had to take the rest of the week off! I got up early this morning (victory!) but then was so sick from a weekend of unfamiliar food that I opted not to go boxing after all (defeat).
Try… fail… try again
I feel weighed down by the combined powers of my to-do-list and my emotional state. Yesterday, when I was procrastinating on social media because I didn’t want to read about teaching comprehension strategies for complex texts, I came across a post by my one of my heroes, David Goggins, on Instagram. He pointed out that the stress of modern life can easily “trip a circuit breaker” within our bodies or minds, and that we have to note when that has happened and take care to reset the breaker.
That’s how I feel this morning — like I need to reset the breaker. So you know what? I’m going to end this post here to do a quick walk (better than no exercise at all), then I’m going to go join LT and her two amazing little ones for breakfast before heading off for a day of student teaching.
I hope your own day can also be filled with having the courage to address whatever you need to address within your interior or exterior life.
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