I still miss texting...

I'm close to halfway through my deprivation challenge... and I really do miss texting more than anything.  It's just nice to say my little hellos through texting... or to have quick notes saying when you want to meet someone and where. 

Getting rid of texting hasn't really worked the way I thought.  In my mind, calling people would replace the texting, but it hasn't really worked that way - likely because the majority of my texting took place during office hours when I couldn't call people anyway.  Or maybe I just had one little thing to say to someone, but I didn't want to call them and have a whole conversation when I really only had one thing to say.  Sure, I have used the phone to replace some of my texting, but not to the extent that I had imagined.  If I wasn't so stubborn, I would say "forget the no texting thing, for the next 18 days I will just not use Facebook and TV."  But I can't do it!  I said I would stop texting for a month, so I have to go through with it!

I still haven't started writing my book.  I am quite disappointed in myself for that, but I just never sat down and committed myself to do it.  I am always finding something else to do.  My dad suggested a writers group, which is probably a good idea, but I seem to remember looking for one before and not finding anything that was active in my area.  Perhaps I will look again.  I actually have been writing down story ideas I think of for years... I have so many ideas for stories, that at this point I just have to pick one! 

Maybe what I need to do is set a date for myself to sit down and just write for at least an hour.  If I tell myself to do something specific on a specific date and time, I usually will do it.  Forced instruction (given to me by myself, not someone else) tends to break my procrastination cycle.  OK, lets pick a day and time when I'm normally at home and well rested.  How about this Sunday, 7:00pm.  For one hour.  Even if I come up with just one sentence, at least I did something!   Now I have set it on my phone calender, so I won't be able to forget.  Lets hope this works!

Oh, and something that I forgot to write about when I first started this 30 day challenge... when I deactivated my Facebook account, it gave me this page.  I wonder if all these people do miss me?  :)