Excuses be gone!

So, I want to be a writer; yet all I've done for the past 10 years is procrastinate. I have to work~ I have children to take care of~ Meals to cook~ Laundry to do~ A house to clean (but is it ever clean....NOT!)~Groceries to shop for~Kids to shop for~ Places to go....things to do~Pets to take care of~~And so....the excuses go on and on.

Then I read somewhere...do you have one minute a day? A person can write over 200 words per minute. Just one minute a day! Hmmm.....that is something to think about. I've wasted about 30 minutes setting up this blog!

So, there is a book out there called 'Excuses be gone!' I'm going to get that book (on CD) and listen to it while I'm cleaning and cooking.

It's time to quit making excuses and do something. And if I learn anything while I'm at it, I will share it here.

Blogging is writing after all. Blogging might be a good place to start. Perhaps I will get inspired just writing about writing!

So, I shall dust off the YA (young adult) historical fiction I haven't looked at in all these years, and begin to finish it. It is about time, because I may be running out of time. Who knows what tomorrow will bring....or not!

I also have a 'personal journey' kind of book I'm writing. I can work on both at the same time. It would be hard to mix up the characters in these two books. However, I recommend not starting a second book until you have finished the first one.

I am a Gemini, so I like to have two of everything, including 'work in progress.'

So, whatever it is, be it writing, making that homemade baby blanket for a friend or family member who is expecting, taking a class at a college, getting together with a friend you haven't seen in months, learning to play an instrument, exercising to shed those 10 or 50 extra pounds; excuses be gone! Take a minute a day, or 15, or even 30 minutes to make it happen.

Just do it! If it is to be...it's up to me! That should be the new mantra if you have something you want to do.

Until the dust settles~~~