The Rhythm of Life

Last week, the craziness in my life came to its peak (for now) with a huge presentation for my day job. And when it was over, truth be told, I felt like a noodle.  Amazing what all that adrenaline can do to a person.  So now I've spent the past few days surrounded by babies.  Nieces, nephews—and all soooo cute.

In looking at them, I wonder how I ever made my life so complicated. Seems like time just flies by and we go from eating, sleeping and pooping to complex calculus and deciphering bus routes or driving directions. Many a times, I've wished for the simplicity of life, but I also know myself and I know that if life were too simple, I'd eventually grow bored and create my own complexities again. I like to call this the necessary rhythm of life. Necessary because we need it for our own satisfaction.

Think about it, especially as writers out there. You feed off the constant need to learn and improve your craft. We continuously subject ourselves to adrenaline highs as we send out queries to agents and publishers, and of course, adrenaline lows when we get rejected. But would any of you change it? Give it up for a little simplicity and easy going days?  Occasionally, yes—they're called vacations. But the majority of the time, I'm willing to bet you'd do it over and over for the pure and simple fact that you love these ups and downs of life and the rewards truly outweigh any of the detractors.

So what's next now? Still a bit of craziness but I honestly haven't been putting enough time into new writing so I'll be attached to my handy laptop for the next week, writing away. I hope to hear that you'll be doing the same (I know a lot of you may be doing it already for NANO). If so, good luck and happy writing!

Filed under: Toni Kelly, Writer's Life