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| Chuck Wendig knows how to finish his shit. |
If you had one more day off, what would you do?
I'm thinking on that this morning... the last morning off from work since what feels like forever, or at least a month. When I first realized I was looking at a substantial break from work due to my cataracts, it seemed like such a looooonnnnnng time. I had ideas to fill that time. Some goals. And yet here it is at the end and I haven't accomplished anything.
I was hoping to lose weight in an intensive home training regime but I think I've gained eight to 10 pounds. (I find out tonight when I drag my sorry ass back to Weight Watchers after a three week hiatus. Oh gawd, I don't want to go ... I know I have to face the music but I really, really hate that song.) I've fallen off the Good Ship Motivation and it's time to get back on before I fall off completely and drown.
I was also hoping to have done some writing on my novel ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I've been watching The Biggest Loser on TV because even though it's horrendously stupid it motivates me. The show's theme this year is No Excuses so I'm trying to live by that. Yes, I was told not to exercise following the surgery but no one told me to eat everything in sight. And yes, I couldn't see the darned computer so it was hard to do any writing – but that didn't stop me from blah-blah-blahing on this blog. So you see, I really don't have any excuses, other than I am lazy and unmotivated.
Feeling this way isn't nice. It's rather depressing, in fact. Last night Dave asked me, "What's wrong?" And I said, "nothing," because it was easier than going into a big song and dance about never finishing my novel and gaining all my weight back and generally spouting into tears and wailing and moaning and such.
As much as I complained last November about being crazy busy, writing NaNo and exercising like a fiend, I was in my element. I was on point. I was happy as a pig in you-know-what.
Today it all changes. I shall exercise today. I shall write today. I shall go to Weight Watchers tonight and face the music. Tomorrow I will go back to work with a smile on my face and a bounce in my step. I have accomplished so much these past months. Instead of thinking, "woe is me, it's all over," I shall get back on that horse and, as Chuck Wendig so eloquently put it in a recent blog post called 25 Things I Want To Say To Aspiring Writers, FINISH MY SHIT. COMPLETO EL POOPO.
(Thanks to Helen Howell for pointing out that post. That Chuck guy, he's a ripper.)
COMPLETO EL POOPO.
GET 'ER DONE.
QUIT WHINING.
Ah feck it.
Don't we all need a good kicking up the backside!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll cope with facing the music and dancing (that, too, burns calories!) - and getting back to your novel will cone when it's good and ready! Challenges are one thing - pressure to 'perform' is quite another!
Hope your return to work doesn't leave you too tired and frazzled to keep your eager readers up to speed with your progress! Good luck! :-)
(wafts encouragement......!)
You're so sweet, Sue.... really. Thank you for wafting.
Delete(Doh! Beware the in-built predictive text on iPhones - spot the typo?!)
ReplyDeleteCone! My novel will cone! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (Reminds me of ice cream, that typo does...)
Delete"There may be trouble ahead".... :) Well, the funk is over, you're onto it. Don't beat yourself up for being human. Dance on, darlin. You are a swelluva human being.
ReplyDelete*smooches Austan*
DeleteWhen you go through surgery you are entitled to a bit of a back slide...now you are back on the horse. All will be well.
ReplyDeleteThank you Delores! *smooches Delores, too*
DeleteYou don't wanna be like me. I started a novel in 2003 and it's been stuck in chapter 7 for, oh, about 4 years now. Not that I'm whining....
ReplyDeleteWho us? Whine???? heheheh
DeleteI bet those seven chapters are really, really good ....
Today you begin anew! Go get 'em.
ReplyDeleteYou and Chuck are my inspiration, Ninja Man!
DeleteThat shall be my motto going forward: Completo el Poopo.
ReplyDelete:-) Inspirational!
Pearl
Seriously, Pearl, it's on my fridge! (although maybe it should be in the bathroom?)
DeleteI used to say to my kids about everything, starting with getting out of bed in the morning, "Up and atem, Atom Ant." They grew to despise it, and won't let me say it to their children. So, you can have it, one time. You'll have fun at WW, and get it done.
ReplyDeleteJoanne, you should totally say it to their kids when they're not looking.... I would seriously do it... go on, you know you waaaaannnnt to ...
DeleteIf there's anything you can take away from that blog, it's certainly not "Stop Whining." That's the whole gimmick.
ReplyDeleteI do hope you feel better soon, at least emotionally, Cathy. You have some things to be proud of, you know?
*smooches John, too*
DeleteI use to watch Biggest Looser. I'm kind of over it, though. Don't let anything get in your way. Take breaks as needed, then jump back in.
ReplyDeleteTHE SECRET i HAVE FOUND WITH LOSING WEIGHT IS TO WRITE everything down.... and not to worry!
Deleteworks for me xxx
failing that
use laxatives
( only joking)
Ciara - JUMPING!!!
DeleteJohn - Poopo and laxatives in one post... it's a banner day.
Oh, but don't we all so easily slide back into sloth (I sure do!). And you did have a good excuse. I bet you'll come roaring back, actually. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteROARING!!!!!
DeleteHey, I only gained 3.5 lbs this week... not half as bad as I thought. Thanks Susan!
Ha ha Cathy, every day is a new day and a new promise, although I loved that quote of his finish your shit, I've taken it to heart and am finishing off the packet of chocolate carmel biscuits - what did you say, that's not what he meant - ah shit! ^__^
ReplyDeleteAh poopo you mean, Helen! (Geez, you didn't even offer me one...)
DeleteSometimes we just need time to do nada. I NEVER get any decent writing done when I take time off to write. Why should I? It is infinitely more fun to take a mid-morning and mid-afternoon nap, to watch the squirrels eat the bird seed, to scrub the kitchen floor with a toothbrush.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, once you get back to work, you'll be churning out words and pounds like before. And +3.5 is not bad at all. You can do it! Peace...
True, all of it - except the floor scrubbing. Blech...
DeleteI am pleased it wasn't higher poundage - and I did throw down 500 words tonight, so I'm happy about that. You know what I wound up doing today? I went into work for a few hours. When I checked my work e-mail I saw how ridiculously short-staffed we were so I decided to show up and roll up my sleeves for a while. What a great feeling! I think you're right, we need the daily routine of work to keep us in a working mode. God help us all when we retire...
So my friend, are you down and out (of chocolate chip cookies or whatever your demon is)? I hope you survived WW etc. Sorry to hear about the cataracts. No good for a writer, eh? You'll get that novel finished all in good time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that link at the end. Must away to check it out.
Denise
I'm writing in Braille now and, no, it ain't working any better for me.
DeleteI am a firm believer in 'Give us this day our daily whinge' Sometimes it is necessary. Not least because having done it we can see how absurd we are. That said, be kind to yourself.
ReplyDeleteDo we have to limit ourselves to daily, EC?
DeleteOf course we limit ourselves to daily. And repeat as many times as required.
DeleteI'm so glad you found my blog! Thanks for commenting. I totally dig yours. I get that self-loathing vibe because of weight. It super sucks! Good luck with the motiviation. I need it too!
ReplyDelete*passing you the bucket of motivation*
DeleteI'm totally following you now.. :)
ReplyDeleteI am totally following you, Crystal! You really are a pistol, y'know!
DeleteI have done nothing for the past two weeks. Nothing. So, if it makes you feel better, you're further ahead than I am.
ReplyDeleteNow get to work on that novel. I'm dying to read it. Chop, chop.
You know what? I feel better...
Delete:)