No one is perfect. These are the top three habits that threaten my writing goals and all-around good life.

1.    One bad choice leads to another. Remember the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books by Felicia Bond? My bad habit is like that. If one of the kids gets up before I start my morning routine, I’ll skip the water and go straight for coffee. If I have coffee, I’ll want a donut. And if I have a donut, I won’t want to work out. And if I don’t work out, I won’t drink water. You get the idea. 

2.    Consumption before creation. I’m pretty disciplined about sticking to the tasks of drafting, editing, and revising during designated times, but when it comes to unstructured time, I’m all over the place. I’ll sit down with all intention of writing, but get sucked down the rabbit hole of blogs, genealogy records, and Instagram. There’s nothing wrong with these things, but if I would add to my own creative output before consuming other people’s I know I would benefit.

3.    I worry about what other people will think.  There are people with wisdom, experience, and expertise that can help me. And then there are armchair quarterbacks calling down from the cheap seats.  I tend to give them equal standing. Ugh.