This year, I’ve been trying to develop a new habit every month. Most of them so far are health-related - things like “meditate for five minutes every day”, or “do a 1-minute plank every day”. I’ve been dragging my feet on including one about writing, and I’m not sure why.

It could be something as simple as “write for five minutes every day”, or “write at least two sentences.” I feel like two sentences is very doable. Like, look, I’ve just written four sentences in the last three minutes!

Yeah. Maybe I will try to write two sentences every day.

Or maybe I will go down a Youtube rabbit hole of writer-influencers talking about their recommended strategies and habits for being productive instead of actually doing any writing. Haha.

There are a couple of projects that I’ve been bouncing between, and maybe that’s one of the reasons why it’s been hard to write - my focus is so divided. Let’s see….what’s taking up my time these days?

• I started a city puzzle scavenger-hunt small business last year! I’m currently actively running events for one puzzle, which is taking up some time.
• I started a new job last December, and it’s been a pretty big learning curve in terms of growth and responsibilities.
• The anxiety and depression reached a fever pitch in May, so that was zero percent fun. I love spending all my energy ruminating and spiraling instead of doing things I enjoy.
• I’m divided between five creative/writing projects:
  1. City puzzle hunt #2
  2. Strak sequel
  3. Discworld fanfic
  4. Romcom idea
  5. Viable Paradise submission

I think part of the problem is that I get decision paralysis every time I sit down at my computer to write. It’s easier to just pick up Slay the Spire, or catch up on convos in Discord, or check Instagram, or a billion under things, than to pick a project and stick with it.

But how do I know which to pick? I feel like I’ll start writing a couple words on the fanfic, feel blocked, and then decide that I should just give up on that and pivot to the romcom idea instaed. And then I’ll run into exactly the same problem five minutes later. Ahhh why is finishing things so hard?

Anyways. That’s where I’m at right now. Future me, I hope you are able to write two sentences every day for the next month. Good luck.