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I’ll just put my writing aside for a day to give my mind a chance to see it in a fresher light. Okay, two days. I’ll definitely restart it today.
The months passed.
I’ve faced this several times in my writing life. There was that book critical to my research that I started, then put down, then restarted, then re-put down, then abandoned for two years. I finally got going on it again and read more than half before putting down “just long enough to finish this other book.” That was two weeks ago. Time to restart.
Then there is the book chapter I’ve been writing for months, or is it years? Started, restarted, restarted again. Finally finished a draft, then set it down for a day/week/month(s). Working back on it again but adding more than I’m editing.
Then there is the book itself. The never-ending book. The book I’ve been writing for so long that I’ve put it aside three times to write and finish three other books.
Time to restart. Again.
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Hot White Snow 
The never ending…
round tuit.
Once I did buy a ’round tuit ‘ — it was a tht Reagan DC airport gift shop.
It was a round disk, like a hoppy taw from days of old (when knights were bold….[yes I know that’s a suggestive song]…
But I lost it.
It was simply called
Round tuit.
So, once I did have a round tuit
So I did get a round tuit.
Once.
I can’t blame you, in the least.
But if you see a round tuit. I have suggestion… Get it. Then you’ll have gotten a round tuit
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I actually had a round tuit. I might still have it stuck in a box somewhere.
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Small world!
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Getting smaller every day it seems.
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Did you get it at a place something like an airport store or a similar kind of store? Or around early 80s?
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I have no idea where I got it, though it probably was the early 80s (or late 70s?). Maybe it says on it. This is the sort of thing I would have buried in a box somewhere. I’ll dig it out when I get around to it. So to speak.
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when you get around to it. 😉 haha.
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🙂
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Starting something new is often difficult. If I can get into a groove and do 3 hours of intensity early in the morning, I’m usually good. The rest of the day can be spent with odd jobs and loading up the brain with information to consider in upcoming days.
My projects usually involve a combination of language, data, graphics, and calculations/programming so it is a juggling thing.
Main therapy when I get stuck is lately just playing musical instruments. Finger manipulations combined with music seems to relax the brain a bit and stimulate a little tiny bit of creativity in other areas. Maybe it is a way of emptying the queue and then reestablishing priorities.
Deciding when to abandon something is often sorrowful.
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I agree that getting started (or restarted) is 90% of the problem. If I can do that the rest starts to flow. At least sometimes. I do find that when I have a hard deadline I work more efficiently. Fuzzy or no deadlines are killers for me.
My problem with therapy like musical instruments or photography or hiking or travel is that I enjoy them so much they themselves serve as willing distractions for my procrastination.
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I’ve been away from home a bit for family health care and that just ate up a lot of energy.
Today though, I stopped on the way home just from exhaustion in a cheap motel and worked straight through about 6 hours with avid intensity. First time I’ve been able to have that focus for the last month. It is a good feeling. I think I just needed some solitude. I don’t think I could hole up in a cheap motel for long, but it is OK when there is a backlog of ideas nagging at you.
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Nice to be able to find some time away to get some work done uninterrupted, though sorry that you are dealing with family issues. A couple of times I’ve done a “writer’s retreat” at my parents house since they live far enough away I only see them a couple times a year. It helps to be away from my normal routine.
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Completely missed this… been consumed in the same lately. Discourages sitting in front of a computer during time off. But the result’s been a tube-amp build I’d been pondering and a couple of days off skiing some backcountry to the south of here. Ironically, the writer’s retreat will probably come during travel to take care of some lingering business. Getting more and more difficult to be far-enough away. Soon…
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Always too far away. Drop in anytime.
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