Successful Thoughts
Today I read a post that got me thinking and then I came along a quote that seemed to parallel the same idea:
“Success is a state of mind.
If you want success, start thinking
of yourself as a success.”
- Dr. Joyce Brothers
Life is full of mental challenges. For some people that means school, and for others it means family troubles. For people like me it means a constant push to achieve my dreams without giving them up. There are always time contraints, babies to feed, floors to clean, and my brain to find and return to my head. But if I focus on all the things stopping me from writing (or from achieving any goal), I’ll spend more time thinking about them than on my goal.
So, I’m going to take Dr. Brothers’ advice and start thinking of myself as a success. I won’t think about what trials I may have to go through tomorrow, but instead think about the success I had today. Hopefully that will push me in the right direction.
24 Jun 2008 Sarah
I read that same very inspiring post today, and spent my daughter’s nap time rewriting two chapters of my work in progress. It felt so good!
Doesn’t that feel good? Just writing for 30 minutes can completely change the way I feel about the day, and about myself. It’s amazing!
I don’t recommend writing for ten hours though. Doesn’t feel quite as good. Especially in the posterior region. =P
But 10 hours! That’s great in other ways. Sometimes I feel like if I could just dedicate that kind of time (you know… organize my time in such a way that it was possible), I would have a book out in a month! But alas and alack until I either
1. Get better organized or
2. get someone to clean my house and make food, it’s going to take me a lot longer to get there. Ah well.
It was nanowrimo that did it for me. 50,000 words in 30 days. So intense. No editing, just write till it’s done and prove to yourself that you can. That was the turning point for me. It was a rough month. The house was a mess at the end of it, and we ate a lot of very, very simple meals, but my hubby was really supportive and enjoyed telling people I was writing my first book almost as much as I did!
Anyway, thank you, thank you, thank you for all the reading you did today and for the awesome comment! I had posted chapter eight as it was originally and pulled it off and rewrote it, shifting the introduction to Lyden into the next chapter. Lyden is going to be extensively rewritten to give it a broader scope (I’ve been putting it off all day!), and I’m hoping to get that done before we go away this weekend.
I love what you said about Dannie. Characterization is definitely one of my weak points and after rereading that section I knew exactly what you meant (though I don’t know how to put it into words either).
Sorry for filling up your comment section but I didn’t have your email address to respond to and I didn’t want to not respond, you know? Thanks again!