Why Routine is Important
Aug. 3rd, 2022 06:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hilsEvery day during the week as soon as I get home from work, and before I do anything else, I do a 20 minute writing sprint. I started doing it back when I was working from home and would do it as soon as I finished, and I've carried it on now that I'm back in the office.
I do it as soon as I finish work because I know that if I start something else I'll get distracted and end up not writing at all, and I want to write.
Yesterday was a reminder why doing it when I get home is important.
I got home from work a little later than usual because I was doing an interview that didn't finish until the time when I'm usually heading out the door. So I decided to post a chapter that had come back from my beta reader, watch my usual pre-dinner c-drama episode and then write if I had any time before dinner was ready.
By the time I'd done all that I tried to write and my brain was absolutely fried. I managed to bash out a few sentences but I couldn't concentrate at all.
So, writing while my mind is still relatively fresh and hasn't gone into wind down mode is definitely the key. As a contrast I did a 20 min sprint when I got home today and added 600+ words to my WIP
I do it as soon as I finish work because I know that if I start something else I'll get distracted and end up not writing at all, and I want to write.
Yesterday was a reminder why doing it when I get home is important.
I got home from work a little later than usual because I was doing an interview that didn't finish until the time when I'm usually heading out the door. So I decided to post a chapter that had come back from my beta reader, watch my usual pre-dinner c-drama episode and then write if I had any time before dinner was ready.
By the time I'd done all that I tried to write and my brain was absolutely fried. I managed to bash out a few sentences but I couldn't concentrate at all.
So, writing while my mind is still relatively fresh and hasn't gone into wind down mode is definitely the key. As a contrast I did a 20 min sprint when I got home today and added 600+ words to my WIP