Today's fast pace of life continues to force us, in most cases, to put certain priorities before a writing that gives us life and defines us as people, as artists. If in your case you also have to juggle to combine children, work, gym, social gatherings and purchases of the week with writing, we suggest these 5 tips for finding time to write.
What do you want to write
When we think that we do not have as much time to write as we would like, we "waste" our few minutes in writing or doing tasks related to literature that end up taking us to no man's land: we write unsubstantiated annotations, we start a gazillion stories or we crumple up another piece of paper like symbol of a routine that accelerates us without allowing us to stop to think what we want to write and where we want to go. Setting your goal, be it a short story, several stories, or a novel, and working on it will become the best way to get off to a good start.
Prioriza
Going to the gym when you may not need it so much, painting mandalas when writing can relax you more, those hangouts that you would like to substitute for a night of wine and letters. . . Prioritizing when it comes to reserving time for literature is paramount, and this includes the need to suppress (at least for a time) those other imposed tasks / plans / commitments that perhaps we do not need as much or that are overcome by that pleasure secret.
Set a schedule
Yes, in your place, you see yourself with time to perform all those tasks but coincidentally, you always have Saturday and Sunday mornings free, try to keep those time slots to dedicate yourself to your novel. In this way, you not only acquire a routine to write constantly, but you will not have to worry about the rest of the weekly organization, since you will know that those two mornings (as long as you respect them) will be all for you and your stories.
Goodbye mobile
We have two hours to write, but after 5 minutes and especially if the syndrome of the blank sheet lurks, we start opening Instagram, then LinkedIn and, without realizing it, we end up reading an article about the properties of quinoa and how to introduce it in our weekly diet. One of the first commandments of the decalogue of a writer it should be to turn off the stimuli before writing; stimuli, or rather distractions, that are more important than ever in a time when a mobile notification can change everything.
Correct later
If we write a first paragraph and spend half an hour analyzing it, we may end up pressing the Delete key. . .Moraleja? Write it all at once. Spit the idea from beginning to end or, at least, as much as you can, be it a chapter or a story, since possibly everything you write after that paragraph to correct changes and you feel that you have wasted too much time. Correct later, what time will you have.