Friends ask whether I find it difficult to sit down to write at home when there are so many distractions – washing to do, garden to weed, TV to watch.
I don’t!
When I enter my home office, I’m there to work. Actually, I start before that – while I’m in the shower. It’s a pity I live in the driest state of the driest continent on earth because I could do good work in the shower. But then again, I wouldn’t want to leave South Australia.
So, I start work around 7.30am and check emails, visit loops for an hour or so, then I move on – physically – to writing. I move away from my desk and into a comfortable chair in the corner of my office. I have to do this or I’d never get off the internet.
The radio is on for company, but once I start writing I become oblivious to what’s happening around me. I wouldn’t even notice the doorbell if the dogs – Monty and Phoebe – didn’t go berserk.
At midday my stomach tells me it’s lunch time and I take an hour’s break. It doesn’t take long to eat a Vegemite sandwich so I read for the rest of the hour.
After lunch, I write for a short time then lose steam so I deal with emails, do research and website updates.
Mid-afternoon, my husband arrives home from work (he’s a very early starter) and we take the dogs for a long walk in cool weather or swim in our pool in hot weather.
Exercise done, we relax on the verandah with a coffee and watch the rainbow lorikeets feeding in the palm trees at the end of the garden. I love this part of the day.
After the evening meal, I usually do something connected with writing – research, plotting, editing, or going to a writers’ group meeting.
Then finally, to bed, to think about the next day’s writing.
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It sounds like you have a full day. It’s nice that you get to spend quiet time with your husband. My husband and I try to walk several times a week after work, too.
Sounds productive and restful at the same time.