This is what I always ask myself.
When I was still working, I would always tell myself that I will read later or write later which would mean nothing will be accomplished.
Now that I have a lot of this free time in my hands, I still ask the same question - how do I motivate myself?
to go back reading?
I see a lot of articles, news features or books that I really want to start reading but for some reason, I always get held up by other things -- the best word to sum this all up --- distraction.
Yes, I get distracted or get lured easily to either browse on new website finds or I get stuck with sorting out my emails (yes, six months of being idle and I still have tons of emails to read and delete).
It was only last week when I started reading an ebook. It was good. The words seem to surround me with happiness that I cannot explain. However, after my initial read, I have not gone back :-(
to start writing my book?
It was just recently when I had a chance to reconnect with my friend, Rob . After our usual Hi and Hellos, he asked me what's keeping me busy (to be quite honest, this is the reason I do not want to meet up because I do not have anything else to tell them except for the fact that I have been busy being a dog mother to my puppies).
Dead air... and lots of dead air... Rob asked me if I was still there so I took a deep breath and told him what I was doing. I can sense his disappointment and I kind of felt it too.
Back when we were still working on the same company, we have talked about what I really wanted to do and I told him that I want to write a book. I have always set myself as a novelist even when I was still a kid. He asked me what's stopping me from realizing this dream and I pointed out the pile of paperwork at my desk.
Now that I have all the time in my hands, he again urged me to write. Rob said the time is now or else I will never be able to do it anymore.
I know that he is right but I am not sure what is keeping me from doing it.
Is it the weather?
Is it the distractions?
Is it the slowness of my laptop?
Is it me just being lazy?
I, too, cannot figure it out or I just won't admit it.
