all in their time

 It's one of those days. Where gravity feels a little heavier, where emotions sit a little too close to the surface. Its felt difficult today. The air’s a little thicker, the motivation a little harder to come by. But it will take much more than this to stop me. I still moved my body with the purpose of health in mind. I’m still siting down to write this post. Still drinking water. I’m still doing what is healthy, what is meant to be my support system. I’m slowly coming to the realization that I need a more concrete plan for hard days. Not just hoping they won’t show up. No, I need to become prepared, because this life can be hard and its important to treat yourself with kindness. 


All that said I did finally jump back into editing this week. Its going well so far. I was sort of concerned when I was working on draft 2 that I wouldn’t find anything to do, or fix, or change when I came back to make draft 3. Well I’ll tell you what, that was indeed a very silly concern. 


I will say that getting into the mindset and head space for editing is 10x easier this time. I knew what to expect and had a pretty good game plan going in so that helps. I’ve got three extra highlighter colours this time, which along with being helpful is very fun. I’ve got more sticky notes too which have also come in handy, and you guessed it, have been fun. So all in all starting the process again this time hasn’t felt nearly as daunting. 


However so far it feels like a slower process. I’ve only gotten through two chapters, but I keep reminding myself that once I get into the rhythm it will go a bit faster. Its okay to start out slow and build up steam. Don’t always have to go full tilt from the get go. 


Also I’ve started out this editing round with a bit of feedback which is helpful. My dad is reading my first draft for me and its been a tremendous help. He too is an artist so he gets it, if you know what I mean. 


So its been a quiet week. Enjoying the little things, like new tea pots and smelling nice. Celebrating the little wins, no matter how much more I would rather nap. Its okay that progress this week was in the form of perseverance and baby steps, rather than leaps and bounds. All things in their own time, right? 

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