Writing Practice 1: The Mood

Ok. So, I know I should be writing.
Usually I think about the things I ought to be doing and then check in with my mood.
"Those things I should be doing... do I feel like doing them?"
If it's no, then I don't do.

And that's a problem.


What I should be doing is
1) Identifying what I should be doing
2) Checking in to see if I feel like doing it
THEN
3) If I don't feel like doing it, I should try to get myself in the mood to do it
THEN
4) IF the attempt fails, don't do the thing.

But I gotta try. I can't skip the "try" part, that's ridiculous.
It would be wise to master the art selecting and engaging moods at will.

I know I should be writing.
And I've just figured out what gets me in the mood to write.

Writing.

If I'm not in the mood to write and I start writing, I'll feel like writing.
Writing makes me want to write.
Sounds strange, I know, but if I don't feel like writing, I say to myself: "Well, the only way to put myself in the mood is to write. Then I'll feel like writing and I'll write."
I write to counter not wanting to write and it makes me want to write.
It's cool.

Silly to abandon the things I ought to be doing, right? I should at least try to get myself in the mood to do a thing if I don't feel like doing it. I mean, why am I not in the mood to do the things I ought to be doing?
Why don't I do the things I know I like doing more often? I like doing them! Why aren't I doing them more?

9 times out of 10, it's because I'm not the in mood.

That just ain't good enough.
I should work to put myself in the mood.
Cause if I can make myself feel like doing the things I ought to do, then they'll get done.

And I'll be happy.