The Art of the Writing Journey

I wanted to write first thing yesterday morning because I had several specific ideas in my head, however, I let the [image error]morning get away from me. I had a set amount of time where I could have done it but I did other work-related things and then I had to run out and get my eyes checked (a mundane but important task). When I finally completed all the other work on my list, it was late in the afternoon and I started to write.

I got it done (my 1 1/2 pages that I write 5 days a week per an agreement with a fellow writing friend) but I wasn't happy. In the morning I had felt it, like what I wanted to say would light up off the page. However, when I wrote it that afternoon it was awful. While it's possible that what was in my head didn't work on paper, which sometimes does happen, I knew it was something else: I need to write in the morning.

To write in the morning means I have to leave everything else alone until I'm finished. This is a difficult task for me because I like to sit down and clear out my email and make sure I am caught up on everything. It also means I can't be lazy and sleep in an extra few minutes, if one can say sleeping to 5:30 instead of 5:15 is lazy. But I know it's important and it's how I started my day today.