Dog Days of Summer

 So I’ve been spending the majority of my time this summer engrossed in reading, reading reading….and revising, revising, revising. At times I feel like I have a two sided personality. (I like to call it ‘two sided’ rather than ’split personality’ because is sounds nicer ) A part of me wants to write and have the darn thing finished already but then another part of me doesn’t want to go through the painful revision process. And it is definitely process. It can be likened to exercise. We all want to reap the benefits of exercise but we don’t want to get on the treadmill, press the ’start’ button, and sweat. 

I’m just going to have to sweat.

Some days sweating is fun and other days, it’s er…. not so fun, but I know I’m called to write because I haven’t given up yet. Also, when I’m not writing, I find myself engrossed in writerly activities. Either I am in a library, or a bookstore, or scribbling stuff in a journal, or reading a book on the writing craft, or reading a novel (Right now, I’m reading Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’.) If you want to do something but it’s going to take some pain, do it anyway. You’ll be glad you did.

We will all face one of two pains in life: The Pain of Discipline or The Pain of Regret.

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