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Hey, look at me - I wrote a column this week!
Don't kid yourself. The temptation to slack off on stuff is way too great. Whether it be a diet, your writing, a relationship, vehicle maintenance or whatever else you have to deal with, you can always get by with a passover or two. So what if you went 7000 miles between oil changes or you had a pint of Hagen Daaz? Nothing happened.
Exactly. NOTHING happened.
I am still dealing with my home internet problem, and hauling my ass down to the library to do this column became very low on my priority list. That sucks, because Hollywoodlitsales.com has been very gracious to me, especially in the sense that I've been allowed to vent my insanity here for all of you to share. But, like so many other things in life, one screw-up does not a catastrophe make (usually).
It's just another excuse for not doing something that needs to be done. While I'm still organizing my new home to fit my needs, the reality is that my computer has always had a desk to sit on and an outlet to plug in to. Just because I don't have my parking situation at an ideal or easy access to my weights doesn't mean that I can't write. The ideas don't stop. Only I stop.
So, I promise a greater dedication to this column and to my own writing. Remember, young writers - you're not just letting down the people who depend on you, you're letting yourself down. Worse yet, you could be fooling yourself, and you have to be a special kind of stupid to fool yourself. |
