I loved this piece! My son is about to turn two and I’m hoping to conceive again in a few months. I’m feeling a similar surge in energy and urge toward self-discipline in this window, and am channeling it toward prepping for a powerlifting meet!
I've been working on a novel as well as a couple shorter writing projects. The novel especially feels foolish some (most?) days, because I have a toddler and another baby on the way, and it's so hard to find time for the sustained and regular attention that a novel requires—especially since we recently moved to a new city and are still settling in and establishing community and all that. I find myself turning more and more often to things like knitting that can be picked up and put down more easily at a moment's notice, but I never feel quite myself if I'm not also writing.
Love this piece! I find myself doing a lot of things lately that I question the “value” of - working on a small business that doesn’t seem to be taking off, hand-sewing things that I could make in an hour or two on the machine - and yet I find myself coming back to the idea that it’s my concept of value that needs to change, because this work feels necessary to me in some way. So often we see value as being tied to money, and I am trying hard to move away from that. Needed to read this today, so thank you.
So glad I stumbled upon this, I wrote a novel in 2020 that badly needs rewritten. I’m not a mother but I identify so many of these thoughts. Thank you for writing it. ❤️
I loved this piece! My son is about to turn two and I’m hoping to conceive again in a few months. I’m feeling a similar surge in energy and urge toward self-discipline in this window, and am channeling it toward prepping for a powerlifting meet!
I've been working on a novel as well as a couple shorter writing projects. The novel especially feels foolish some (most?) days, because I have a toddler and another baby on the way, and it's so hard to find time for the sustained and regular attention that a novel requires—especially since we recently moved to a new city and are still settling in and establishing community and all that. I find myself turning more and more often to things like knitting that can be picked up and put down more easily at a moment's notice, but I never feel quite myself if I'm not also writing.
Love this piece! I find myself doing a lot of things lately that I question the “value” of - working on a small business that doesn’t seem to be taking off, hand-sewing things that I could make in an hour or two on the machine - and yet I find myself coming back to the idea that it’s my concept of value that needs to change, because this work feels necessary to me in some way. So often we see value as being tied to money, and I am trying hard to move away from that. Needed to read this today, so thank you.
Yes! Also, love that quote from your teacher “go before you’re ready” such good advice
So glad I stumbled upon this, I wrote a novel in 2020 that badly needs rewritten. I’m not a mother but I identify so many of these thoughts. Thank you for writing it. ❤️