Choice and Self-Reflection

Trying to become an author has given me some self-reflection. At the end of the day, it’s a matter of choice as to whether I work on writing or not. Outside of sickness or something else, I choose whether or not I work on writing. There are no outside factors to blame. I choose to do it or I don’t.

I’ve made it a habit to work on writing for so much time of my day every day, and it’s a good thing. After work, I would time the amount of free time that I have left on the day, and how much time I would put to writing, working on the podcast, or editing. I used to prioritize putting more time into this extracurricular work instead of free time. Now, I’m giving myself more free time than I am doing this extracurricular work. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still doing this work but not sacrificing as much of my free time to do so.

Relaxing and having free time as an adult is not always available. It’s a reward for working eight plus hours a day. One needs to relax a bit. However, I do the extracurricular work (writing, editing or working on the podcast) first then my free time and relaxing is even more satisfying.