I just can't seem to get back into the groove in this new year; the Christmas break seems to have messed with my habit formation. It's past time to get back in the saddle, but I know myself well enough to guess that this isn't the week that will happen because I have a great deal of legal work to do. Today, though, I'll probably write a few thousand words in blog posts and reviews, so do look for those!

My reading hasn't been too steady, either. I've only finished three books so far this year, which is quite a bit below average for me. Some of that is increased magazine reading, but that doesn't account for all of it.

I have too much trouble visualizing myself as a writer, I think. I get so stuck in my "real" life as a lawyer that I emotionally forget I'm trying to create a new life. It's not easy to create a new life, and requires conscious effort every day, and if that slips -- well, you get to where I am now.

So: I have one more week to screw around doing nothing but work that pays. But beginning February 1, I need to get very serious about the harder, more unrewarding (at least right now) work of trying to be a writer.