Sleep. Sleep would be good.

The other day, our son was accusing me of being obsessed with sleep. I tried to explain to him that’s only because the last time I had a week wherein I got a full night’s sleep each night was around sixteen years ago. (Go ahead, guess how old he’ll be on his next birthday.) He didn’t seem to think the reason was important.

Anyway, I’ve trapped myself in this loop where I’m up late writing, then I have trouble getting up in the morning, but I have to get the kids off to school, then I’m too awake for a nap, so I try to work but I don’t have any focus until midafternoon when the family’s getting home, and I do paying work or SFWA things, so I don’t write until late and I don’t get as many words as I want …

Maybe tomorrow, I’ll manage a nap so I can regain my focus faster.

Words written today: 206
Words written this month: 11,449
Words written 2017: 51,964
Average words/day 2017: 980
Books completed 2017: 1
Pages read: 2 more chapters of Menagerie with my daughter
Books read 2017: 2
Exercise reps: 0

With luck, 5-1/2 straight hours of sleep tonight.

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A little focus

Not a lot — I lost my morning to that nap. But I also did a couple marketing-related webinars and wrote. Still a very long list of things on my to-do list, but I’ll take what progress I can get.

Words written today: 1,055
Words written this month: 12,504
Words written 2017: 53,019
Average words/day 2017: 982
Books completed 2017: 1
Pages read: 2 more chapters of Menagerie with my daughter
Books read 2017: 2
Exercise reps: 0

Sleepy now (again). I’ll do my daughter’s Scholastic book order in the morning.

Originally published at Erin M. Hartshorn. You can comment here or there.