every morning I get up, make breakfast, eat and caffeinate while I check my email and log reading from the night before, then write--whatever that looks like, drafting, planning, editing, reading a craft book, etc. I don& #39;t open twitter or do anything else until at least noon. https://twitter.com/NaNoWriMo/status/1318678756375121924">https://twitter.com/NaNoWriMo...

I& #39;ve been doing this since NaNo last year and it& #39;s an ingrained routine now. Most days it& #39;s only a couple of hours of work, because that& #39;s all I can handle. I take two days off each week to give my brain a break (and bc I& #39;ll usually have a doctor appt somewhere to interrupt)

it seems hyperbolic to say that this routine saved my life, but in a lot of ways it really did. winning NaNo last year gave me confidence and momentum that I desperately needed after those surgeries in 2017 left me sick and ruined my life. it let me see myself having a future.

apparently I had more feelings about this than I expected when I started this thread, but in closing: habits and routines are what get you through the worst times. they can take time to stick, but once they do they& #39;ll be your rock even on days you don& #39;t feel like showing up.