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Wanted: Motivation

8/16/2019

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    I'm looking for my motivation for today with a microscope. A search light and dogs may need to be called in to locate the general area to start looking for it, and then I can rope off the area into a grid and use a magnifying glass to seek out any trails it might have left behind. Kind of like looking for clues to help with tracking one ant, but a tiny ant which is too small to be seen with the naked eye.  
    Mostly my motivation this week got used up for editing and story image creation. I do my short story blog graphics and ebook covers in advance, typically once I'm at a point where I'm happy with the story and believe its ready for posting into my blog. Which means, with all those new short stories, I've had a bunch of editing getting done and then used my remaining brain cells for making up the related story graphics while the stories are still in my head. It's a process that works well for me, but drains my creative juices. 
    Add in the assorted body aches because arthritis doesn't like mixing with chilly weather, a few low level headaches because the main arthritis attack point is my upper spine, the ongoing grind of financial problems, and the first cold fingers of anxiety for the going back to school rush, and I'm very ready to just crawl back into bed and pull the blanket over my head. 
    Would hiding under blankets really solve anything? Unfortunately no, probably not. I just really, really want it to be an 
effective method of dealing with today. However, my degenerating joints and spine would complain sharply about lying down for too long, and thinking alone in the dark is not a good idea when fighting multiple anxiety monsters.
    But, with hiding under a blanket, would I be able to have my coffee while reading a good book with a flashlight? Also no. I have kids.
    If there is even a sniff of blanket fort potential, they will find it, invade it, occupy it, and probably fart in there. Flip side is that if I make a good blanket fort (with appropriate ventilation), I can still visit the kids in there and we can watch movies together. Popcorn is a good lunch decision, right? I think popcorn is a good lunch decision. Maybe some natcho chips as lunch and then popcorn snacks after, to be healthy. Cheese is dairy and corn chips are made from corn which is a vegetable, and dairy and vegetables are healthy. It's the right kind of Friday for that logic. :)
    Hope you have a great weekend!
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