27 Apr 2012, 3:40 am
MiatheMutant
Raven
Joined: 16 Apr 2012
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 109
Location: Hogwarts, or Vegas maybe
27 Apr 2012, 9:08 am
[quote="ToughDiamond]
I take it that none of you live independently then? With me, it's stuff like getting the bills paid and having to go to work that are at risk from my special interests. But are you all really living so dependently that your special interests have NEVER interfered with your lives, apart from when others didn't approve (which I guess is their problem). I'm not knocking you for not living independently or anything. Just curious. I'd be doing the same if I could find anybody to keep an eye on the boring stuff for me.[/quote]
This. If I don't try to control mine (which is mostly writing) I end up doing it ALL the time. For a couple of years I would wake up, write during breakfast, write on the way to school, write during school (hurrying through whatever I was supposed to do), write on the way home, write during dinner, and write until the small hours of the morning when I couldn't stay awake any longer. It was to the point that I was sleeping two or three hours a day for almost the entire week and I would sleep all weekend so I could start the cycle over. I went through two boxes of wide-ruled spiral notebooks in a little over two years and I still have no idea what went on in that time period, besides what I put my characters through.
This is why I need to control my interests, especially now that I'm in college. I use the time I've put aside for them as my motivation to get everything else done; the longer I spend sitting here on WP right now, the longer it'll take to do my papers and stats homework, and the less time I'll have to spend on my writing tonight. I can't wait until I retire in 40 years though. 
27 Apr 2012, 10:31 am
This. If I don't try to control mine (which is mostly writing) I end up doing it ALL the time. For a couple of years I would wake up, write during breakfast, write on the way to school, write during school (hurrying through whatever I was supposed to do), write on the way home, write during dinner, and write until the small hours of the morning when I couldn't stay awake any longer. It was to the point that I was sleeping two or three hours a day for almost the entire week and I would sleep all weekend so I could start the cycle over. I went through two boxes of wide-ruled spiral notebooks in a little over two years and I still have no idea what went on in that time period, besides what I put my characters through.
This is why I need to control my interests, especially now that I'm in college. I use the time I've put aside for them as my motivation to get everything else done; the longer I spend sitting here on WP right now, the longer it'll take to do my papers and stats homework, and the less time I'll have to spend on my writing tonight. I can't wait until I retire in 40 years though.
I too long to experience what it's like to be completely free to do whatever I like (within the limits of British decency of course). Nearest I got to it was when I was in my teens when my parents went on holiday without me for a couple of weeks. Walled myself up alive and recorded music all day and evening.
Hunger eventually drove me to break off for food occasionally, and I seemed OK about keeping up the bare minumum of "life" activities. These days I've had other calls on my time for so long that I can't get absorbed any more without worrying about the "life" stuff getting ignored. I even get that when I've got a couple of days and nights completely to myself. So I hope I'm not stuck like that forever. And I think sometimes it's the boring chores and "ordinary" life tasks that keep us sane somehow..........I feel such a pansy for so often prioritising my special interests over chores, but passion is passion.
MiatheMutant
Raven
Joined: 16 Apr 2012
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 109
Location: Hogwarts, or Vegas maybe
27 Apr 2012, 10:48 am
This. If I don't try to control mine (which is mostly writing) I end up doing it ALL the time. For a couple of years I would wake up, write during breakfast, write on the way to school, write during school (hurrying through whatever I was supposed to do), write on the way home, write during dinner, and write until the small hours of the morning when I couldn't stay awake any longer. It was to the point that I was sleeping two or three hours a day for almost the entire week and I would sleep all weekend so I could start the cycle over. I went through two boxes of wide-ruled spiral notebooks in a little over two years and I still have no idea what went on in that time period, besides what I put my characters through.
This is why I need to control my interests, especially now that I'm in college. I use the time I've put aside for them as my motivation to get everything else done; the longer I spend sitting here on WP right now, the longer it'll take to do my papers and stats homework, and the less time I'll have to spend on my writing tonight. I can't wait until I retire in 40 years though.
I too long to experience what it's like to be completely free to do whatever I like (within the limits of British decency of course). Nearest I got to it was when I was in my teens when my parents went on holiday without me for a couple of weeks. Walled myself up alive and recorded music all day and evening.
Hunger eventually drove me to break off for food occasionally, and I seemed OK about keeping up the bare minumum of "life" activities. These days I've had other calls on my time for so long that I can't get absorbed any more without worrying about the "life" stuff getting ignored. I even get that when I've got a couple of days and nights completely to myself. So I hope I'm not stuck like that forever. And I think sometimes it's the boring chores and "ordinary" life tasks that keep us sane somehow..........I feel such a pansy for so often prioritising my special interests over chores, but passion is passion.The boring things keep us from getting completely absorbed in our interests, sort of like a magical safety net to keep us out of a black hole. Besides, if you have to go outside to take out the trash every now and then, the neighbors know you're still alive and won't call the police to investigate quite as often.
I wish I had a couple of weeks to myself... My record is around 36 hours. I've often dreamt of being "trapped" on a deserted island where I could work with my characters all day in my head and not have to worry about anything beyond keeping myself alive and enjoying myself. They would have to pry the collection of talking coconuts out of my arms and drag me by my hair to the helicopter to get me out of there.
27 Apr 2012, 11:00 am
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