Writing frustrations

[resqgeek]

I haven't been doing as much writing as I'd like lately. I'm trying to figure out where my book needs to go next, without a great deal of success. In the mean time, I feel like I should write something (anything) else, just so I'm still putting thoughts into words. Unfortunately, I've been spending a lot of extra time at the office, and by the time I get home, have dinner and put the girls to bed, I barely have enough energy left to check my e-mail before crashing myself. I've been tempted to block out some time on the weekend to write, but I have so little time with my family already that I really don't want to give up what I have on the weekends, even to write.

My wildest dream would be to somehow become independently wealthy, so I no longer needed to have a full time job to support the family. Then I could write full time, guilt free. A complete fantasy, of course, and not one that inspires constructive problem solving on my part.

In the meantime, I'll continue to write in bits and pieces, as brief opportunities present themselves. Hopefully, they'll add up to some finished work eventually.

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[antof9.livejournal.com]

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Any chance you could use some of your time off to write? Maybe a day a month or every other month?

[resqgeek]

I guess I could do that, but there's ALWAYS so many projects that need to be done around the house...I end up feeling guilty about not working on those and working on them. I also have to budget my leave, as we have a number of trips in the works, including a two week overseas adventure this summer.