…and you can’t make me!

Yesterday, I attended an Emotus Operandi meeting – the meeting that will help me get my butt in gear and moving forward with my work.

I made a great 2-week plan at the meeting:

• 3 pages of writing
• 2 blog posts a week
• 2 drawings a week

I will have to explain my success or failure with these goals at the check-in in two weeks.

So today, I cleaned the apartment, took out all the recycling – and did I then sit down to work?

I did not.

I found myself suddenly wanting to play World of Warcraft. I thought, “Oh why bother with work now. It’s 1 p.m., starting anything is pointless.”

Part of me was being as charming as a toddler throwing a tantrum – “I don’t wanna work! I wanna play. You’re mean and I hate you!”

But, after meeting the other people at Emotus Operandi, I feel a sense of responsibility. On the days when I can’t get it together for me, I should try anyway because the idea of going back to the group empty-handed after all that great advice I got is unthinkable.

And now that I did some work, I can go play with a clear conscience!