Blogging with my no-time
I’ve been waiting for some free time to write down the many posts that I compose in my head as events unfold. The posts that I later forget because I never even jotted the thoughts down. Some free time to try my hands at writing a story. Some free time to do the myriad of things I think I want to do. Even some free time to think about what I want to do. But there is no free time, so what’s the point of waiting. As of today, I will just post daily…despite all the conflicting demands for my time. But why add more conflict?
This is not based on objective research, but I have decided that Blogging makes me a better parent.
Perhaps that is not so, but I strongly believe that writing makes me a better parent. Blogging just happens to be one outlet for the writing. Because writing makes me concious of decisions I’m making, makes me observe my children more closely, makes me more aware of the cause and effect when it comes to my children’s behavior and helps me quickly identify when to change the course of my actions.
I am not talking about you. Writing perhaps has no effect on your parenting quality. And there are tons of great parents out there who probably never put a jot on paper. But I’m talking about ME. Writing is good for me and good for my kids.
And if this is the case, why not do it more? Exactly right! That’s what I plan to do. Even though there is no time. I intend to take some of the no time, everyday, and do some writing. Blogging. Because I can do that in a dark room, while laying down. That’s one of the advantages.
One post per day is the goal for the month of July. If I can keep that up for a month, it should become a habit. Right? After all, someone (where did I read that?) said it takes 21 days for an action to become a habit.
I put that to the test about two months ago. I bribed (yes, bribed) my 6 year old daughter to sleep in her room all night. Seven consecutive nights earned her a trip to Cold Stone Creamery. A cheap bribe. Even though she doesn’t like ice-cream much, she liked the act of going out to buy it enough that the bribe worked. The second set of seven consecutive nights in her room earned her a trip to a used book store (another cheap bribe). It worked. I didn’t need to offer any bribes the 3rd week as she just headed to her room every night without any protest, and stayed there all night. So all it took was 14 nights. (I know this is kind of lame…6, actually six and a half year daughter not sleeping on her own…it’s been an up and down battle.)
So, back to one post per day. For a whole month. Then we’ll take it from there.
