Well, the Chicago Cubs lost their bid for a World Series title last night.
I'm not actually a Cubs fan, but they are the ultimate underdog of North American baseball. So, I was rooting for them.
Their last World Series title was in 1908, 107 years ago. That was before the World Series was even 10 years old. They made a good attempt this year, though, and, as their real fans must be saying right now, there is always next year.
I don't want there to be a next year though. Not for my writing. One of my favorite bands, Blind Guardian, has a line in one of their songs that says there is no tomorrow.
The line is about getting things done today. About giving everything right now, in this moment. At least, that's how I take it. It inspires me to work today and get things done.
There is so much I want to do, so many stories that I want to tell. Some of them will have to wait until next year, or even the year after that or, perhaps, for 5 or 10 years to pass before I can get to them. But the stories I am working on now, the ones I am actively writing, those I can do today. For those, there is no tomorrow. No next year.
What is your approach to your active projects? Do you try to schedule them and make a timeline of when you want them to be finished? Are you working to someone else's deadline that is pushing you to complete the story if you want to submit it? Is there a tomorrow for your stories?
491 words this morning.
I'm not actually a Cubs fan, but they are the ultimate underdog of North American baseball. So, I was rooting for them.
Their last World Series title was in 1908, 107 years ago. That was before the World Series was even 10 years old. They made a good attempt this year, though, and, as their real fans must be saying right now, there is always next year.
I don't want there to be a next year though. Not for my writing. One of my favorite bands, Blind Guardian, has a line in one of their songs that says there is no tomorrow.
The line is about getting things done today. About giving everything right now, in this moment. At least, that's how I take it. It inspires me to work today and get things done.
There is so much I want to do, so many stories that I want to tell. Some of them will have to wait until next year, or even the year after that or, perhaps, for 5 or 10 years to pass before I can get to them. But the stories I am working on now, the ones I am actively writing, those I can do today. For those, there is no tomorrow. No next year.
What is your approach to your active projects? Do you try to schedule them and make a timeline of when you want them to be finished? Are you working to someone else's deadline that is pushing you to complete the story if you want to submit it? Is there a tomorrow for your stories?
491 words this morning.