750 Words, And Some Thoughts on Taking a Little Time for Myself

I love this time of year, after Labor Day, back-to-school time...it always feels like such a fresh start. And something I've been thinking about doing...now seemed like the perfect time to begin.

There's a book about creativity (The Artist's Way) I read ages ago that talks about the fact that to be creative, it's good to get all the garbage out of your mind. So if you write three pages in the morning about whatever it is you're thinking about (a page typewritten is 250 words), you can do better from a creative standpoint during the day.

I used to do this, write longhand, but haven't in a long time, not since I got pregnant with the babies at least.

But a little while ago, I heard about 750words.com, and thought it might be fun to do this on the computer.

Of course it took me a while to start because:

a) I'm really good at not letting myself do fun things that are just for me, and

b) What mother has time for such things? and

c) I'm not doing anything creative right now except for blogging due to lack of time, so is the whole 750 words thing really necessary?

But I started. A few weeks ago. And I'm not doing it every day, but that's OK. And it doesn't take that much time--a lot less time than I thought it would--turns out, I can write 750 words in about 12 minutes. 

And there's a lot in my head that needs to get out, with babies and work and my husband job hunting and us potentially moving and family drama and etc...

And also, I'm starting to think about how taking some time to write again might not be such a bad idea. I've given up pretty much everything to be 100% focused on these babies, and I've loved every minute of it. But in the long term, it's probably better to have a little balance, you know? Like maybe working on my books a couple nights a week after the babies go to bed, so I'm not talking anything away from them...

XOXO