Tuesday Check In

[peachpai]

It's Tuesday and yet I keep thinking it's Wednesday. This is good since I wrote zero words yesterday and it feels like I'm not so behind now. Like many, the pandemic screws with my sense of time on the regular.

Today's discussion: Do you find it hard to write under the circumstances of the pandemic? Has writing been a useful tool to cope or an endless struggle?


About today (not Wednesday after all!):

-Did you write some words?
-Did you think about how to write some words?
-Did you decide to take a completely valid and well-earned day off?
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Comments

[linaewen]

I had an early meeting today, so just got home from that and now I'm trying to get in a writing frame of mind. So no words today, as yet. Hoping for some, though!

I have been surprised at how little I have written in some ways during the pandemic, seeing as I had plenty of time! Too much time made it easy to procrastinate, I think. I did manage to establish a journaling habit that had previously escaped me, so that is a writing blessing of sorts. I also was free to participate in NaNoWriMo in November and did great with that. But since then I have sputtered. I think I actually do better when I have more of a schedule, so now that I am getting back to work in person a bit more, I will have more structure to my days and I think that will help me with writing, as well.

[peachpai]

It's weird how having less structure tends to lead to procrastination on even enjoyable activities, isn't it? I'm definitely in that boat too right now.

[frogfarm]

Had to do other stuff, but now I'm ready to relax and write. And if I didn't have my writing, I definitely would have taken a blunt instrument to someone by now.

[peachpai]

I'm kinda feeling the same, tbh. I started writing regularly again due to work from home frustrations last fall.

[mistressofmuses]

I ALSO KEEP THINKING IT'S WEDNESDAY.

And it's making me sad in my heart, because Thurs/Fri is my weekend, so I feel like I *should* have tomorrow off, but I don't.

I have been thinking about words today! I am going to make myself write some of them, too.

The pandemic has been hard, though. Writing has been a useful escape and something that I can do without leaving my apartment, so I appreciate it for that. But sometimes the general anxiety/depression of the whole situation makes it very hard to work on things that feel... frivolous, or escape-y.

[peachpai]

Aw dang, sorry! But now it is actually Wednesday, so yay!

Yeah, that. Anxiety and depression thing. It's a real problem these days. :/