The non-published writer’s dilemma

So last month we moved house.  The process still isn't finished.  Things are still in boxes.  There's stuff that I haven't found and I don't know if it's lost, left or still in a box.  There are so many things I should be doing.  And writing's not one of them.

But in the long term writing is my only hope.  Writing is a way to earn the things my children need.  Writing is work.  Except that it's not work because I'm not published and therefore I don't get paid.  So it's not really work.

So I should really just sort the house out and then get back to writing.  But it's not that easy.  Much as I hate to use the word I am disabled.  There is a limit to what I can do in a day.  A variable limit.  And there are days when I can't do much in the way of cleaning and tidying and unboxing.  Now on those days I probably could write a bit but I feel like a I shouldn't because the house is a mess.

So the house stays a mess and I don't do any writing.

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