ABANDONMENT: more thoughts
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Thanks, Inspirobot!
We — and by ‘we’ I mean ‘I‘ — are in the middle of thinking about why sometimes projects just stall out. (And by “projects,” I mean Lichtenbergianism for Kids and the cocktail book.)
In the book, I discuss three versions of ABANDONMENT:
Giving up
Setting aside
Finishing
We can safely discount #3 at this time.
So where am I with #1 and #2? This is where I’m not sure. I have definitely set them aside, but will I return to them?
Have I lost interest? Were these books simply something I felt I “should do,” and not something I thought I had to do?
Do I have an audience for them? This is particularly germane to the cocktails book — there are hundreds of really good cocktail books out there. Do I really need to write another one, even to showcase my originals?
Am I going through a fallow phase? Or more? Have I reached a point in my life where I simply don’t have the need to “prove myself” with new work? That would suck, and I don’t think it’s true. Yet.
Am I just lazy? (ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES.)
Am I tired? (Definitely — sciatic pain can make restful sleep difficult.)
Am I just focused on other projects? Will I get back to work after Alchemy? (REPLY HAZY; ASK AGAIN LATER.)
More thought is required. More about this in the next installment of this cheerful discussion.
