"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best this is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Monday, April 22, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Motivation Monday
"There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, "It all depends on me."
- Andre Gide
Confessional time.
Children cover your ears.
Father forgive me for it has been 3 weeks since my last "Motivation Monday". Now, I'm not one to get all religious on a blog (and no worries I am not about to start now) BUT I will say that sometimes...sometimes divine intervention is just so.....painfully obvious you have no choice but to laugh at your own stupidity!
Case in point. Me. I haven't blogged in a few weeks for different reasons, one of which is lack of motivation. I've said before (probably more often than I should) that this blog is to help motivate pre-published authors, specifically myself. And to be honest there are times I talk myself out of blogging because I know no one will miss it if I don't. And really, if I can't motivate myself how in the world can I motivate anyone else.
Today was no different. It's my blogging day and my motivation level is about as high as my desire to eat rocks. I really, really want to crawl into bed and read a good book. I have a heated debated with myself as I go upstairs to my "bat cave". I look at the mess on my desk and think I should clean it, before instantly thinking of all the other things I need to do. (The vast majority of which is not domestic, but should be) The books I want to start. The editing that I should have been done with months ago. The list is long. I'm sitting staring at my blank screen still debating of blogging or writing or editing and when the debate grows violent I grab my book of motivational quotes. As cheesy as it is, I close my eyes and thumb through it. When I open my eyes I nearly laugh out loud (ok I did laugh out loud)
The end of the quote is like a good slap across the face.
"It all depends on me."
It does. All of it. So forgive me (again) for a short blog...but I've got a lot to do!
- Andre Gide
Confessional time.
Children cover your ears.
Father forgive me for it has been 3 weeks since my last "Motivation Monday". Now, I'm not one to get all religious on a blog (and no worries I am not about to start now) BUT I will say that sometimes...sometimes divine intervention is just so.....painfully obvious you have no choice but to laugh at your own stupidity!
Case in point. Me. I haven't blogged in a few weeks for different reasons, one of which is lack of motivation. I've said before (probably more often than I should) that this blog is to help motivate pre-published authors, specifically myself. And to be honest there are times I talk myself out of blogging because I know no one will miss it if I don't. And really, if I can't motivate myself how in the world can I motivate anyone else.
Today was no different. It's my blogging day and my motivation level is about as high as my desire to eat rocks. I really, really want to crawl into bed and read a good book. I have a heated debated with myself as I go upstairs to my "bat cave". I look at the mess on my desk and think I should clean it, before instantly thinking of all the other things I need to do. (The vast majority of which is not domestic, but should be) The books I want to start. The editing that I should have been done with months ago. The list is long. I'm sitting staring at my blank screen still debating of blogging or writing or editing and when the debate grows violent I grab my book of motivational quotes. As cheesy as it is, I close my eyes and thumb through it. When I open my eyes I nearly laugh out loud (ok I did laugh out loud)
The end of the quote is like a good slap across the face.
"It all depends on me."
It does. All of it. So forgive me (again) for a short blog...but I've got a lot to do!
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