Well, the first quarter of 2010 is over. I’m feeling both good and bad about it. Good because as far as work is concerned I’m doing pretty good. I’m meeting my resolutions for the year. There’s still a part of me that says “You’re not doing enough. You need to do more,” but I’ve been relatively successful at stifling it. I do hope though to pick up the pace for the second quarter. The end of March/early April are starting to feel a bit like 2009 and I don’t want to get bogged down.
On the writing front, things have ground to a complete halt. I’m not sure why, but I am JUST.NOT.MOTIVATED. to do anything. A novel, a screenplay, a short story, a poem…heck even just a few lines jotted down. On this front, it feels very like 2009 which was a terrible year on the creative front. I try to track not only when i write, but also when the ideas first come to me and according to my journals it would seem that most of my work came from late 2007, early 2008. So right now I’m struggling with trying to find out the “why” and work myself back into things. It was one of my resolutions for 2010 and I’m loathe to let it go. I guess this falls under the put-up-or-shut-up mentality.
I’ve got a few other gripes and pat-on-the-back items but for right now, I’m just keeping an eye on these two things – work and writing and hoping to keep moving forward. I don’t want 2010 to be more of the same…
PS Of course adding in the fact we’re planning for a November wedding, 2010 does have its distinct differences.
