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Obsession: Writing Has Taken Over My Life

Posted on January 6th, 2010 in Writing by martie
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There are so many things I could be doing instead I find myself rushing to the commuter to read and to create.

 

The last few days I find myself wondering where all the time goes. I thought when I quit my job and started writing full time that I would have more time to do all the things that I felt I never had enough time to accomplish I but am finding that I am my own worst task master.

 

Part of it is simply the nature of freelance work. You never know when you are going to hit a slim period so you make as much as you can on the days and weeks the work is available and plentiful. For me that sometimes means writing 15 or 20 articles a day just on my ghostwriting site. I try to mix up the articles I select between those that I am going to need to do research for and those I can just whip off the top of my head, but you can’t always pick and choose to that extend. Today was one of those days. I need to do at least minimal research for every article I wrote. Not that I minded because I dealt with some interesting subjects. It does however, take time.

 

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On the days, when work is slower you would think I would take the time to relax and unwind, start that craft project or simply go for a walk or drive. Instead I find my way back to the commuter and spend those few hours either writing for one of my other sites or catching up on my friends writings. I never seem to catch up. But, when I glance at the clock I see hours have gone by and I wonder again “Where has the time gone?”

 

The truth is I simply lose myself in the written word, whether I am reading or writing myself. It has truly become an obsession for me.

 

There are still times when I re enter the real world for brief periods after all, there is still my house to keep in order, my husband to acknowledge, and a houseful animals that need both feeding and play time. If it weren’t for them I sometimes wonder if I would ever leave this machine, until my tush became so sore I simply couldn’t sit anymore. It really is amazing how easily and swiftly I can lose myself to the world of writing.

 

I keep waiting for the day when I will grow bored and restless with it all, but instead my passion keeps growing and growing. Perhaps, in the end they will bury me with keyboard.

 

Until then I guess I will keep pounding away and smiling inside because I am where I want to be doing what I love.

 

 

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