Philosophy Friday

What does it mean...that I haven't written a single page today and couldn't be happier?

I had a little breakdown yesterday that resulted in a migraine and chest pains. Simply put- too many errands and obligations and nowhere near enough time or energy.

So today, I gave myself the goal of writing One Single Page, sometime before midnight. And amazingly, my stress disappeared. I will get the page written and probably several more later tonight. But allowing myself to take the day off was a welcome treat... and incredibly productive on other ways:

GOOD STUFF
half hour of weight training for exercise
half hour of vacuuming/sweeping while dancing to the radio
took large box children's clothes to post office
washed two loads of laundry
straightened house
shopped for groceries

GOOD ADVICE
"Writing demands a lot from the writer: time, emotion, originality, solitude, imagination, curiosity, daring, and endless creativity. Our vision of the story is often much more perfect than our realization of it. At times that blank page seems like a big rectangular white eye glaring back at us... This means developing ruthless self-discipline and writing on a regular schedule... I advocate writing every day, even if it's only for ten minutes."Lynn Viehl, WAY OF THE CHEETAH, pages 25 and 28

I've never been one to write every day- I need time to _think_; I have to see the scenes in my head like a movie. But I'm going to try this anyway.