This is the kind of tired I've been looking for for a while. I only feel this bushed after putting in lots of writing time, which I have done today. No other endeavor can give me this kind of exhausted high. Except maybe climbing up a seventeen story flaming building using only a series of shoelaces that I tied together to save a helpless child. Maybe that would be as satisfying. But probably not. It's the kind of knackered where you physically couldn't type one more letter (which is technically not where I'm at, since I'm typing this blog post, but I'm danged close). The kind where you'll allow yourself to watch Access Hollywood because you've used up so many brain cells writing that to watch something more edifying will make your head explode. The kind where you couldn't be bothered to pick your dirty clothes up off the floor because whatever, you've just moved a mountain. Does anyone make the Hulk launder his purple pants? No.
It's days like today that I remember how lucky I am to be a writer. Not that I make a living with my fiction (yet), but on days like today, I feel boundlessly optimistic that I will someday soon. This is how my ancestors must've felt after culling their wheat for 15 hours a day every day for a month straight. Their German shanks literally falling off from shear, unadulterated exhaustion.
Oh my God. Flipping Out is on! I gotta go.
The exhaustion that comes from a writing day well done is one of the best feelings! :) (Unless you're required to have brain cells left over for the rest of the day. :p)
ReplyDeletelol, the Hulks purple pants. I know this feeling, I've been trying to resist it for a month and drive myself on. It's no use, it feels good, but it'll feel better when I'm ready to ship out the MS to the editor.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know this feeling--to be intellectually exhausted. The only parts I can relate to are the ones about watching Access Hollywood. Very tiring...yet crucial to one's development.
ReplyDeleteI know, totally. I've hiked down into the Grand Canyon and back up and even then didn't feel that same sweet feeling of exhaustion that you get from a strong day of writing. Thanks for your comment!
ReplyDeleteYes, knowing what dress J-Lo wore to an awards show is important, I grant that. I would never want to belittle Billy Bush's importance. ;)
ReplyDeleteExactly. Sometimes it's good to just revel in the feeling for a couple of hours though along the way. It reminds you why writing is so great. And even better, once the book is done, other people will enjoy it, so it's kind of like you're doing something for others in addition to yourself. I'm looking forward to checking out your books (once I get a Kindle, that is!).
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