Resolve

Give in to the Daydreams

I think this is just going to become a Saturday blog. A Friday or Saturday blog? Weekend blog? Yes! Weekend blog.

We’re only 11 days into the new year and my resolutions are going… okay. I have been reading a lot, which is good. And I have made progress on my WIP, which is… also good. I’ve drafted a few additional chapters, which fits in well with my chapter per week goal. I know that meeting my goals should make me say, “We’re only 11 days into the new year and my resolutions are going great!”, but it doesn’t really feel great. I made a schedule to keep to, but I think that was the wrong move. It’s a bit too structured and I feel like I’m just going through the motions. I feel on auto pilot almost, not truly feeling my work and getting into it like I have in the past. 

Time to nix the rigid schedule. 

Also, time to daydream more. I’ve been so focused on having my laptop or a notebook open in front of me to write down new ideas that I temporarily forgot how the general idea for this story came to be in the first place: my pretty elaborate daydreams. They’re not like regular dreams where you forget them immediately upon waking. They stick in my mind long past the idea’s initial conception. My current WIP originated in my brain years ago and I just started to act on it recently. Letting myself daydream more will only strengthen my resolve to get my story down.

I need to go back to allowing myself to stare off into space and let my brain do its thing.

Which was honestly so much fun. It may be a bit difficult to translate from daydream to words on paper (or on screen), but at least I’ll have a direction to start in and I’ll know what I’m aiming for. It’s important to me to reiterate: I’m not going to be too hard on myself or put too much pressure on myself. It’s not conducive to my goals or to my mental health. 

Time to give in to the daydreams.