{"id":1174,"date":"2017-06-16T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T12:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2017-06-16T12:38:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T12:38:03","slug":"recover-and-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1174","title":{"rendered":"Recover and Reset"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had planned on taking a break from novel writing over the Summer. I had home projects planned. I had visions of spending lots of time at the pool, hiking, and gardening and hanging out with my kids. I had planned on some promotion and marketing of my novel,\u00a0Sum of the Whole<\/a><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> set to release on June 19th<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

But then my mom had some serious health issues, and then this happened:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0My kiddo tumbled off the pirate ship.\u00a0Surgery, two pins and one hot pink cast later I needed to change my ideas about summer.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Heartrending? Yes. Stressful? Yes. Overwhelming? Yes. Frustrating? Yes. Anxiety level off the charts? Yes.<\/span>\u00a0So I did the thing I always do when I don\u2019t know what thing I should do next, and want some imaginary control over my life. I wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0I wrote an outline while my mom was in the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The day after my daughter got home from the hospital I started writing my next novel.<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve left the deadline the original one that I set when I had planned out my summer and work projects. I don\u2019t expect to finish writing it this summer, but when I sit down in the Fall when the kids go back to school I will be a bit ahead of schedule. It also gives me a sense of accomplishing something on those days I feel stuck.<\/span><\/p>\n

My advice when life veers off the expected trajectory, take time to recover and reset.\u00a0 <\/span>Do the thing that grounds you, the thing that makes the rest of the world fall away even if it is just for an hour. Do that. And remember this:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Nature never hurries, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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