Crunch that time

Ever wanted to write in your busiest time of the year? Ever been frustrated when you were never able to find the time to do as much as you wanted to do? I'm here to tell you that it's perfectly okay to feel that way. Jeez, if you didn't feel that way at least once, I'd say you're doing it wrong. Writing is a very consuming thing. It's something that takes quite a great deal of time and focus, and sometimes, that's not something that's available to you.

Juggling time is hard, but a must.

Not having the luxury of free hours to just sit and while your time away in front of a computer or pen and paper can be frustrating. As exam times and a need for employment to pay rent approach, I'm feeling that frustration now. It isn't easy, but I am finding the time for a little bit of writing every day. Doing NaNoWriMo is providing quite a bit of incentive, but I really do want to better  myself at the craft at the same time. 

This is where time management and prioritizing have become invaluable talents. Work searching is, of course, a priority. Money apparently makes the world go around, and you can't go without it for too long in this world. School comes in at a close second, since completion of my degree will allow me to get better jobs and better pay, another important thing in this world. That means writing gets shunted to the bottom of the priorities list just above TV and my other fandom obsessions. But this does not mean that I've forgotten about writing. It's always somewhere in my mind, but it's all about when and where I can bring it to the forefront. Lately, it's been fewer and fewer times as I need to crunch my time. 

Sometimes I stray from my priorities and my ideas jostle their way up to the forefront of my mind. It's important to get them down, but not too much time can be dedicated to them until such a time as I've finished with my other duties. These are the things you must learn to juggle with your writing. When do you, your life and writing will seem so much easier.