Less thinking, more doing.
I feel like I remind myself of that every two weeks…I suppose that means it’s something I shall struggle with for all my lifetimes, and that’s okay, I guess. Thinking has its place. But if the book I’m reading right now, Peak, has taught me anything…it’s that we get better by DOING much more than we do by thinking. Like, by a factor of 10,000.
So, less thinking. More doing.
Coops and Coco are harshing my mellow over here all laying on top of my feet and pinning down the blankets. I’ll have to adjust them before sleeping.
I was reading through creative writing MFA and PhD programs tonight, just cuz. It’s something I’ve heard some of the writers on the podcasts I listen to talk about, and academia is certainly some place I could wind up eventually. It agrees with me. Plus, doesn’t Doctor Ira just sound perfectly self-aggrandizing and insufferable? I, at this point, honestly have no idea if it’s something I’m going to pursue. But, I want to be informed.
Turns out that the #2 creative writing MFA is back down in me old haunts in the OC…UC Irvine. Michael Chabon is the big rock star from that program, but it sounds like it’s a genuinely good one. Plus, you’d get the grad degree for free, being paid for teaching a class each semester that you’re in the program. Now, that said…they pick TWELVE people from about 500 applicants. So, it’s not like I can just pop down there and be like “sign me up!” It’d be a major commitment to apply. But…the financial aspect of not having more student debt is definitely, definitely appealing…
Things to think about. And then DO about. Right?
Right.
In the meantime…I shall be focusing on the doing with Starstuff. That fucking novel will be finished before the end of this year. Mark my mothereffin words, y’all. Will. Be. Finished. Omigod I can’t wait.
Another thought for the day: I do have discipline and focus and a really, really good work ethic. I do. My ability to work full-time self-employed for the last three years is plain evidence of that. And I was thinking today…I can do this writing thing and make it work. I really can. Because I have discipline and focus and a really, really good work ethic.
I can do it. I have to remember that when it comes time to leap.
But, again…right now, and every day, let’s focus on the doing.