{"id":4973,"date":"2020-01-29T12:28:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T19:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2020-01-26T22:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T05:29:54","slug":"moving-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2020\/01\/moving-2\/","title":{"rendered":"moving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The thing that stops us\nfrom writing is not a lack of imagination.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What stops us from\nwriting is being interrupted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s what the famous author–whose name I didn’t\ncatch–said in the Facebook ad. It’s true, and it’s probably a very successful\nad. I hope they do get a lot of people buying their course on how to write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was thinking about that snippet all day today. I was not\nwriting. I knew I needed to. I really wanted to. I had this weekly wonder to\nwrite, but also I have a short story I’m working on that it really exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I really had to clean the house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really. It’s seriously filthy. I’ve been sick…still climbing\nout of that pit. And I haven’t had time to do the basics. I still took a three-hour\nnap today, and when I woke up I just had<\/em>\nto do something about the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I knew exactly what I was doing. Not writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This reminds me of when I was studying in college, and I\nwould feel compelled to clean my house during the last week of the\nsemester–the week when all the papers were due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My house was so clean that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was interrupting myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really want to finish that short story. It’s been FOREVER\nsince I wrote one; I was beginning to think I didn’t know how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I’m excited about it, but I’m still not making time.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will be so glad when I am over this flu. I want those nap\nhours for my own use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as I mop the floor I accuse myself. Those three hours\nback so I can squander them on un-creative activity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sigh. I’m not myself. Or maybe I am, just a particularly\nawful version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to trust that I will have the time, find the time,\nmake the time to get to the part I long for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The floors do look very clean now. Maybe that will help me\nconcentrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And maybe tomorrow I will not need to sleep so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes longer than I want it to, but I’m moving in the\nright direction. At least I hope so. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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