{"id":406,"date":"2014-07-03T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacebarsolutions.wordpress.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2014-07-03T14:02:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T14:02:14","slug":"life-as-a-writer-expectation-vs-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacebar.in\/contentious\/life-as-a-writer-expectation-vs-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Life as a writer. Expectation vs. Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life as a writer. Expectation vs. Reality<\/h3>\n

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\nIf you are a writer, you will have days\/week\/ a lifetime of having to motivate yourself! Being a writer is NOT easy. It is fulfilling, emancipating *insert other big passionate words here* but it is NOT \u00a0easy to turn a free-spirited, passion into a job with deadlines and time bound responsibilities. Often I find myself in the following situations. Feel free to laugh at my plight:D
\nExpectation: Once I start writing, I will be unstoppable. Come rain, Come storm, come apocalypse I will be unperturbed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nReality: Hello Internet! Maybe If I read some motivational quotes I will write better\u2026but where do I find these groundbreaking quotes? Facebook! One stop destination for all things inspiring\u2026erm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Lucy<\/p>\n

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Expectation: A Healthy body equals a healthy mind! I will be so consumed by work that eating healthy will not be as difficult!<\/strong>\"agony
\nReality: GIVE ME CAFFEINE!!!! AND SUGAR!!!!NEED CHEESE!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(a friend made this for me once. Go figure)<\/p>\n

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Expectation: I will wake up at 8 am with a new-found drive for writing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Waking<\/strong>
\nReality: 8:00 am: Snooze. 8:15 am: Snooze\u202612:30 pm \u2026LUNCH BREAK!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
\nExpectation: My professional life and personal life are completely disconnected. I do not bring my personal life to work!<\/strong>
\nReality: \u201cOnce upon a time there was a horrible $%#$%@!! Enough said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"crying-wine-robin-desk\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Expectation: My search history this month will reveal just how productive I have been!!<\/strong>
\nReality: Browsing history<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Quiz: Which X-men character are you?
\n\u2022 How to write kickass copy?
\n\u2022 Quiz: What is your superpower?
\n\u2022 Quiz: What kind of writer are you?
\n\u2022 How to be productive at work
\n\u2022 20 tips for writers that are addicted to the internet
\n\u2022 Work playlist<\/p>\n

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That being said, I have found a few ways to deal with most of these (without a time machine) will be back with a post on how writers are in fact, superheroes!!!!!\"superhero_with_pencil_post_card-r2d5796d0b3f74802b439a2af18f8a25d_vgbaq_8byvr_512\".<\/p>\n

Now, excuse me while\u00a0I\u00a0go get fired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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