Nov 10 2008
Torn
This isn’t a very good thing to say on a blog that advocates writing, but it’s an empty victory. After a great weekend of writing, and doing nothing else, you’d think I’d be proud of myself. It is not so. I feel anti social and like a lazy bum. The writing is good though, 
, which means my book is finally underway. Thereby completing the empty victory. Sigh. No, actually what completes my empty victory is that while I was writing just now, I missed a very important phone call from someone I haven’t talked to in forever. And I missed it by seconds. 
That’s what I get for being too engrossed in my book.
Prompt:
Everything we perceive as good is balanced out with something not so great. Usually the thing we value most as being ‘good’ also has the most negative consequences. Take a minute to write about something that makes you very happy. Cooking? Sports? Whatever. Write about it thoroughly, and make sure to include when you get a chance to enjoy this thing, how it makes you feel, what you probably give up in order to enjoy it, etc. Then read it over and see if you’ve found the negative aspect yet. You may be surprised.
I doubt that you want us to respond to the prompt here, but I can’t help it. Everything I love–absolutely everything–has the same drawback: it takes time from something else. If I spend time with my husband, I don’t get to my writing, my piano, my art, my reading, my laundry, etc.
For me, it’s all a balance. I balance a little of everything, for each aspect of my life brings me a different kind of beauty, a varied shade of joy. Yet all sap time from me (including blogging!).
I know, right? No, I love immediate feedback! Post it all if you like, and let me know if you like the prompt or not. :) You rock, shakespeare mom.