The Caffeine Summit

Okay, caffeine and I have reached an understanding. It wasn't until yesterday that I was reminded of its effect as an antidepressant. It became impossible for me to do any work, or why answer the question of why I should work. It wasn't just laziness either. A small dose of caffeine, and I was back to work in a half hour.

So, from now on I take one tiny dose (I take it in pills, not coffee or drink) of about 50 mg in the morning, and 50 mg in the afternoon. Whatever effect it has on my sleep, I just have to work with it. Given all that, I actually wrote 1,200 words on a scene, and for the rest of the scene (covered in a previous draft) I have to finish editing.

This is going slower than I need it to. Maybe the caffeine summit will get me into gear. I have been working at times when I haven't previously been letting myself work. Because it's too late. Because I thought I should be trying to fall asleep, because I didn't think it would be my prime material. Now I just schedule work whenever I'm awake.

I have to help my brother move from a nursing home to a group home. That's probably going to be an all day thing. So, I'm not going to be able to work probably until the evening.