I’m going outside right now. Yes, I am. Going out for my 30 minutes of gardening that I chose to pursue for my 8-week challenge. Yup, any minute now I’ll get off the computer and put on my sweats. Just as soon as I finish reading my email…
Challenges are hard. When one challenges oneself, once cannot lie or fudge. “Do or do not – there is no try.” (Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back) So instead of declaring myself a miserable failure, I’m going to skew my challenge. Yes, I will continue to get outside, but I also must include a secondary challenge: to work on my new Crazy Cat Lady mystery every day.
You would think this would be an easy one, since writing is to me right up there with ice cream and cats, but it’s easy to get distracted. (i.e. the never-ending email) I’ll let you know how it goes.
The Caffeinated Writer writes:
Hello friends! I’ve determined that I am indeed correct in that by creating this challenge, I’ve made these weeks seem to go by super fast. I made the mistake of counting how many days …
Source: Eight Week Challenge: Update 3
Mollie Hunt: Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries and more 
Good luck! I know the feeling all too well of having things to do but getting distracted. For example, I should be working on a Fiverr order and then trying to work on my WIP, but here I am instead. I suppose I could say I’m just taking a “small break”, but who knows how long that “small break” may actually turn out to be.
Ah, yes. The “small break”.