Life is crazy. Being a writer working from home doesn’t mean I am any different from the guy sitting in the office doing a million things at once. I do the same thing, in fact, I start earlier since my commute is 10 seconds. Since I write almost from the moment I wake up, I work more hours during the day than most people with full time jobs.
This isn’t to say working from home does not have benifits. Earlier today hubby and I went out to feed the ducks. 
I could take a break long enough between writing an article and sending emails for interviews to feed ducks and geese and snap pictures. You can’t do that at the day job. I guess that is why people like working from home.
I am the sort of writer who wants to write EVERYTHING. I want to write about paranormal events. I want to write about crafts. I want to write poetry, short stories and novels. I have had to cut things out of my life. I have cut out trying to attempt nonfiction book proposals at this time. I have had to cut out queries to consumer mags for a bit. If I did those things too, I would loose all of my time. I would never sleep.
Aside from that, I have been trying to find things to do that does not involve WORDS. I love words. I love reading. The library and book store is where I would rather be than the bowling center or skating rink. I would rather buy $30 in books than… dare I say it?… $30 in chocolate.
But my life is crazy too. With everything I do I am unorganized. I am the first to admit it and there are many entries in this blog which show how unorganized I am. I write unorganized, I barely organize my files on my computer. You should see my mess of books and notebooks and piles of papers scattered around. I am terrible about scheduling my time. I have a planner, a PDA and software galore. I have a writer’s notebook. I just don’t use them I guess as well as other people would.
With so much stuff, I do not know how anyone has a life. If I’m not writing, I am filling in my writer’s notebook. I am studying writing. I am dragging home piles of books from the library. I am reorganizing my planner, my PDA and my computer organizers so they are all in sync.
And yet I am still not organized.
I think I am going about it the wrong way. All this stuff to help keep me organized and I feel more flustered than I did before. I want to do everything, but can I?
This following week, I plan to explore the acutal careers of different writers. What have they done in their lifetime? What can I expect from my life time? Maybe this is a strange step. Maybe I should invest money in a writing career coach. 
I wish.
I guess it is more of an inside look at the soul of the writer. What can I possibly do to make this more simple? Cut out things? Reorganize? How can I feel better about my writing process and what I do?
Lots of questions to think about. I know. There is not a single writer out there who probably has it all together. This exploration is simple figuring out how crazy does a writer’s life have to become.
Because my life is crazy.
