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7.29.2013

UWOs

I've recently discovered a strange phenomenon, and it's not just that spell check has to tell me how to spell phenomenon. See, I've been getting through the Forgotten Club edits at the rate of a glacier made of molasses. I fight, tooth and foot tooth (Have you read the onion article about the guy that can't describe hands? I'm still giggling about it.), every time I know I really need to sit down and work on these stupid edits. I clean the apartment, walk the dog, or, my favorite, go to sleep instead.

Which is weird because when I'm actually doing the edits I'm enjoying myself. So why do I hate them so much when I'm not working on them? Is there something wired into my brain that is trying to prevent me from doing enjoyable things? Is it because these edits are labeled in the 'work' section of my brain, and work must be avoided at all costs? I don't know, but I really need to sort it out because I've got to get these edits done before August first so I can start my new challenge.

I'll tell you all about my new challenge as soon as I get these edits done. I mean, I'm crazy excited about this challenge. Yup, I'm totally going to get to those edits now. Any minute... maybe after a nap.

(So I posted this then realized I never explained the title of the post? It means Unidentified Writing Objects. I know, I'm clever AND hilarious. And just brilliant at grammer and punctuation, obvs. Did you see how I put a question mark on something that isn't a question? That takes ADVANCED punctuation skills right there.)

1 comments:

Carradee said...

It's probably subconscious fear of releasing. You want your second release to match or surpass the quality of the first. It's actually completely normal. :-)

(Is this a good time to mention that the feeling will probably come back with every release?)

Although… If you are having fatigue problems, you might also want to check your vitamin D or iodine levels. Licorice root tea might help, if you aren't sensitive to it, but note that it evidently has cortisol in it and spikes some folks' blood pressure. >_>

Let's just say that the normal I'm-going-to-screw-this-up cringing + hormonal reasons for a low mood = BAD.

And let's ignore exactly how I know that, hrm?

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