Cold Weather and Entertainment

I had a tough time getting to my routine of working on editing and the podcast this week. The cold weather here in California does not help as I just want to be wrapped in blankets. When that happens, I tend to just fall asleep instead of work on things. Aso, I’m already tired from doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu almost right after work on Mondays and Wednesdays.

I still found time for some entertainment, as I watched the Fullmetal Alchemist live-action movie on Netflix, and I also started reading the Princess Jellyfish manga. I actually have volumes one through seven just sitting in my room, and I decided to finally read them. It is really funny, and relatable to me since I tend to be all “otaku” about anything from anime, manga, MMA, Peanuts, movies, etc. The Fullmetal Alchemist movie, I thought, was good, and it really followed the plot points of the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime pretty well. I’m sure that it’ll have a few sequels as long as it’s successful.

I think that a lot of factors go into this whole writing thing. Distraction like the internet, television, movies, cell phones, etc. to the weather can all make it that much more difficult to write, and those are just outside factors. Internally, motivation comes and goes and a lack of a sense of urgency also contribute to negatively affecting the writing process. Finding your own process and structure and maintaining it is probably more difficult, for me at least, than actually writing.