writethisfanfic | WIP Challenge - Check In Day 10

Poll #16610

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Yesterday and today I

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planned
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

wrote
3 (60.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

edited
0 (0.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

rested
0 (0.0%)

did something else
2 (40.0%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 6.00 Median: 5 Std. Dev 1.26

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		3 (60.0%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		1 (20.0%)
8		1 (20.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Wonderful 10		0 (0.0%)

This last week has been spring break for my daughter, so I've been fairly distracted in terms of writing, even though she's perfectly capable of entertaining herself. I find it harder to write when she's around. What do you do when life makes writing harder? Do you push through and write regardless? Do you take a break and hope that things get better? Something else?

I've tried both approaches. I'm not sure which is better for me. Well, if I have a deadline, pushing through is absolutely necessary. I just don't necessarily do my best writing then (the story of mine I like least was finished, just before deadline, while I had strep and a stomach bug. I got it done, but I've never been pleased with it). Today, I've got three kids (two of them aren't mine), and they're all playing games in the living room. I can't readily leave because I'm not supposed to put weight on one of my feet. I kind of suspect that I won't get much writing done today.