A Writer's Notebook, Day Two-Hundred-And-Nineteen

Writing a poem each day is something that I had not done in a very long time, and I am finding it to be quite rewarding.  That it is, in some sense, now a thing I know I will do each day, is, itself, in some sense powerful for me.  I am always working towards a new poem.  I want to get myself to do a bit more than this, though, to do maybe two poems each day, perhaps starting with one early in the morning, and one later as I usually am doing these days.

The thing is, that kind of habit building is very difficult for me.  My learning disabilities impact this, in part, as they make temporal organizing tasks, as well as physical ones, quite difficult.  I can follow instructions if I have a schedule, but organizing that schedule in the first place is not something that I do very well for myself.  In building a habit of writing daily, though, particularly with the writing of poetry, I am really developing my own form of a disciplined approach.  I am not attempting to actually organize the time itself, but am instead just giving myself a task and period of time in general, and using that as a foundation for a new ritual or habit.  For example, I have been writing a poem a day lately, but have largely not worried about setting aside the time specifically.  I am merely under pressure to do the work of writing a poem each day, and at some point I will feel that pressure and take action.  Now, I am going to try breaking the time into smaller units, which I think should provide a way of going further with this approach.

Also, I am still focusing on thoughts for that story idea I have been discussing, and I think I want to commit to starting in earnest in a few days.  I am thinking that I may start on Sunday, so that it is the beginning of a new week.  That approach seems to be one I find helpful in staying on task.  Anyhow, I think that I might have an interesting idea to play with and I am looking forwards to getting to work on it soon.