Obsession: Writing Has Taken Over My Life
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.
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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January 6th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Some obessions are good for us.
January 6th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Oh you write the truth, I have to absolutely make myself do other things, and go visit my family for a respite from the keyboard. Great article.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Yes, time flies when you are writing. It is weird, like a different set of minutes and hours. But at least you are doing what you truly love, what can be better than that?
January 6th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Agree with you. Writing can dominate your life. It takes discipline to write and discipline to leave it alone for a time.
January 6th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Good Write – I put this on StumbleUpon
Take Care, DreamSweet and Let Your HeartSHine
~ milty
January 6th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
That certainly sounds like a labour of love. I know the feeling, but I limit myself. A heartfelt write.
Christine
January 6th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Interesting article; yes, time goes by when you have too much fun, but we need time away from work too!
January 6th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
My husband thinks I am getting too obsessed… dang…
January 6th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
It really can become an obsession. I hate when I get behind on reading my friends as I am now due to holidays and illness. I worry so much about not being a good Triond friend. As for the computer I will sit until my shoulders and legs ache and not even know it until I move. I keep a clock with family pictures on my deck and I look and the time as just flow by. Because I have to work another job and like you have a house, husband and animals that need care I sometimes set a timer and make myself stop when it goes off.
January 7th, 2010 at 5:00 am
i definitely agree with u
January 7th, 2010 at 7:43 pm
It’s great to do what we love in life! Believe most writers are this way too Martie.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
I agree, sometimes I look at the clock and can’t believe where the time has gone.
January 7th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
True that! It gets the best of us!
January 16th, 2010 at 6:49 am
hahaha… I can totally relate to this… I have even forsaken other things over my freelance writing… hehehe