Huh. Forward?

I think I've finally done it. Without really realizing it, without it coming from a direct and specific initiative to do wo (which I've tried in the past), I've finally established in my life the pattern, or habit, of writing every day. At least almost every day. It might not be much, and it's not always on the same project or on a big project or on a thing that's going to go anywhere... but almost every day, I sit down and write at least a little bit of SOMETHING. Sometimes it's for projects on Halflit, which is nice and motivating because I'm trying to provide a forum for others to do the same. Sometimes it's because I'm bored with what I have going on, in a writing sense, and I want to write something ELSE. Other times it's because I DO feel a sense of obligation to work on the big things that I have going on all the time. Which is excellent. I should, more than to any other thing (like work, or whatever), feel an obligation to participate in that thing toward which I am most passionate. If we don't feel responsibility and devotion to our best-loved personal endeavors, then what will we ever feel truly responsible for?

Without even really thinking about it, this has finally become a regular part of my day like eating of taking a shower or checking my email. Obviously, it absolutely should be, always... should have always been, but it was always hard to promise myself that I'd have creative outlet no matter what. I'm not good at scheduling things for myself and sticking to them. So it never worked to say... at this particular time I will spend this much time writing creatively no matter what. The fact that it is happening peacabley, organically, and without a great deal of strain totally thrills me.