Motivation
Hello Scribblers. How are we all doing?
It's been a tricky week here. I went to a brilliant writing conference last week, where I met some lovely local writers - but I've also been feeling exhausted and ill all week because I pushed myself. Life with a chronic illness can be frustrating.
But, using that as a starting point, I thought I'd ask - how do you motivate yourself to write when you're not feeling your best? *Do* you write when you aren't feeling your best, or do you wait til you're better?
I'm interested to hear your thoughts. For me, this week at least, writing was really helpful until I felt too ill to do anything - it was a world to escape to when I wasn't feeling good myself.
Excited to hear your thoughts ✒️💜
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Pre-baby I would sometimes push through the pain to continue writing, or do other things I enjoyed (I too have chronic illnesses), but these days I wait it out. I look after our 4 month old when my partner is working and it’s about all I can manage when I’m having a flare up and the pain is severe. I’m on pretty heavy duty pain relief which doesn’t do wonders for concentration or creativity either sadly! Hope you manage to get some rest and recover a little. Sending gentle hugs 💛
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