Published April 24, 2021
I have not been sleeping as well as I’d like.
I realize some of it has to do with my mind actively thinking about everything I have to get done and with the cross country journey coming up, “how am I going to get it all done?”
I recognize what my mind is doing. It’s a distraction. It’s irrational. It’s my inner critic out to get me again.
What it says is reasonable. I do have a lot to do. I won’t have as much time each day.
On the other hand, I can be more efficient and focused. I do have the improved skill of being able to start writing without regard for quality and produce the paradoxically valuable crappy first draft. (See, you can always make a crappy first draft better. You can’t do anything with a blank page. Nothing at all.)
So I’m not really doomed. But tell that to my critic.
Anyway, I’m sure as I make progress, both through time and space, everything will settle down.