Motivation. Play video games. Moti-vation. Watch shows. Mo-ti-vay-tion. Nap on couch while watching shows.
Less than a month to go till my book release and I’ll be totally honest. I’m in a slump. I know that I need to edit another 30 chapters of my book so that when mum goes through and does her edits there’s less for her to fix when she’s making sure that everything I’ve written makes sense.
I know that that is what I need to do.
What am I doing instead? Eating cheesecake and watching Stargate Atlantis on Stan. If anyone has read my first few posts you might notice that I am indeed still watching Stargate. When you watch Star Trek do you just watch Voyager and not Enterprise and Deep Space Nine? When you watch Star Wars do you skip the ones where Anakin goes from cute little kid flirting with a queen to a creepy weirdo who murders his pregnant wife? Well… Maybe you do.
My point is, like the bar of Cadbury snack chocolate I ate in one sitting this afternoon, I can’t stop halfway through. This isn’t boding well when I need to sit down and do work. The idea of having to go to work tomorrow makes me contemplate calling in “sick”. I won’t because I’ve been instilled with a sense of responsibility that rivals even my laziness (once again, thank you mother -_-).
Also the fact that even when I have been sick in the past…still haven’t called in sick unless I’m wrapped around a bucket or the porcelain throne itself.
I’ve got some time off coming up but I really should be further along my to do list by then. It’s not stuff like, do the laundry, vacuum the house, food shopping, etc. Don’t get me wrong, they’re on there too but they’re the easy ones. The other stuff is really more adulty and business related. Like buy some ISBNs, apply for an ABN, pay Matt’s rego, check on wedding rings, order new fridge door shelf, renew the termite warranty.
Scratch that last one. I forgot that I called them today. Wasn’t as hard as I made it out to be in my head. Legit the whole call including waiting time was under ten minutes. We even get a free spider treatment which I’m not going to say no to.
I write and rewrite my to do list at least every weekend, sometimes again in the middle of the week, depends when my days off fall. I’ve even tried to break big jobs down into smaller jobs so I feel like I’ve accomplished something. You know. Self motivation? Still though, I don’t seem to make any real progress.
Yes, yes, I know. There’s a very simple solution. Turn off the TV, overdose on caffeine and smash it all out. I would love to do that more than anything right now. This very moment I’m wondering if I have enough concentration to work through a few more chapters before I go to bed.
I don’t. But I still want to. I barely feel like I have enough concentration to write this post. As it is I’m 80% sure that most of this is just the ramblings of someone who may or may not be sleep deprived and coming down off a sugar high.
On a better note, the cover art is nearly done and it’s so amazing and I can’t wait to share it with you all.
Until then if anyone has any tips on how to motivate one self I would really appreciate it.
S.J Smith Books 