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The Flow of A 10,000-Plus Word Day
Feeling the Joy of Effortless Work
Can the feeling of flow be more rewarding than the money we get paid to write? It’s a tough call worth exploring, especially if you love to write as much as I do.
Flow is a funny thing. When you have it, you don’t want to stop what you’re doing. Yesterday, I felt the flow of a writer in the most beautiful way. But there is a cost and I feel it in my arms today. I’m writing despite the numbness in my right arm because I’m on a mission to get my new Ebook done.
Yesterday, the flow was so intense I crossed over the 10,000-word mark. Why not write about it? By 4:30 p.m. yesterday, I had been writing for a solid eleven hours. My butt was not sore because I have a great chair. But my arms were about ready to fall off from hammering the keyboard.
At 4:40 p.m. yesterday, I could not take the agony for one more minute even though I wanted to finish one big edit. My arms ached like after a big workout at the gym.
Reluctantly, I tore myself away from my Costco stand up desk in my tiny home office. UnderDog had already pushed his little nose and body through my office…
