March Life And My Procrastination

I blinked and we're halfway through March. The sun is rising later and setting earlier with each passing day and official summer is over, but you wouldn't know it with it being a whopping 36 degrees C in Sydney.

So whats up? I honestly couldn't tell you. Every day is a slog, self inflicted. I'm struggling with staying motivated and consistent in my focus on my creative work. After a first iteration of my story, I far underestimated how close I was to publishing a complete novel. A true mammoth task.

Maybe this makes no sense, but the fear and hesitation I feel at the possibility of publishing a book makes me freeze. Ironic, as the thing that stalled my progress when I was working full time was the stagnant corporate environment. Now with endless flexibility and freedom, I am letting fear delay me. I'm working on it.

In a sense I am dragging my feet at the gravity of the task... But I still feel strongly about my novel and my voice and that keeps me chipping away, even if it is one sentence at a time.

It's a story about family dynamics, unconscious bias, microaggressions and observations of societal structures that impact people, especially from minority cultures in very real ways. I'll keep sharing more about my writing journey as I go and share my progress.