Count Your Successes

Here we are, in week eleventy-million of dealing with a global pandemic. One would think spending so much time at home means I am writing diligently every day, but I’ve found my focus is scattered. It’s far too easy for me to scroll through social media hunting for funny memes to post than it is to do actual… you know, work. My lack of productivity isn’t unique. Many have reported the same problem. After all, we are living through unprecedented times that will go down in history.

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Try, try again. (Pixabay)

The good news is, it feels like things have begun to – at a snail’s pace – improve. Most of my friends say they’ve settled back into a more regular work routine. I have too, and find myself able to write in one big afternoon chunk. Even though what I get on paper isn’t spit-and-polished, it’s a start. So, rather than beating myself up for the writing projects I haven’t completed, I decided to take an objective look at what I did accomplish in the past few months. Here’s what I found:

Although not nearly finished, I’m currently writing Chapter 26 of Pathway to Home, the final book in the Becker Family series, after being stuck at Chapter 5 for what felt like a million years.
Two of my essays were contracted by Chicken Soup for the Soul, bringing my total stories with them to eighteen (but who’s counting? LOL).
I have a brand new idea for a biographical historical novel which is sparking major inspiration.