So on Thursday, February 23 I used my "free day of writing." It was unplanned but I had a lot of work due by Friday morning and the next thing I knew, midnight had passed and seeing how I do not possess a time machine, I did not have a free-write that day.
I will use this space as a brief reflection on the time spent writing (which is weird because there are three more entries for you to read... even though I'm finished):
I guess for me, writing holds that place in my life that physical fitness or exercise holds for other people. I think about it, I think about how I will be better for it, I think that I will not regret doing it, but inevitably most of the time I only ever think about what I want to write. Since I am in the gym a lot (teaching yoga, teaching a core-training class, refereeing IMs or doing a personal workout) I hear a lot of "exercise talk." You know, the little phrases people are always telling themselves to motivate them to get to the gym or to actually push themselves. Stuff like: "you never regret a workout, you only regret not working out", or "everyday you're either getting better or worse" (I guess I actually see more of these on pinterest and have even pinned a few myself "There's no easy way to get in shape"
Can I please apply this motivation to writing/schoolwork in general?!?
I know there are times I enjoy writing, I know I have been proud of my schoolwork in the past, I know I have busted my butt to finish assignments and enjoyed it, I just don't know where that is now. Sometimes I feel like there's so much on my plate, I let things slide because I just cannot imagine how to get everything done so I give up on one thing, but that's not how I should be approaching learning. I have no idea how I will make it through Bar Prep this summer (that's a different post entirely unto itself)...
20+ years of formal education and I know what I should be doing, I just don't know how to get myself to do it...
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