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📖 MONDAY MOTIVATION (Author Story) 📖 Octavia E. Butler
I've been thinking about this one today as I start my week.
Octavia E. Butler used to wake up at 2 or 3 a.m. to write. ⏰ Not because it was ideal. Because it was the only quiet time she had.
😓 She was working, dealing with real life, and didn’t have perfect conditions.
So she built her writing around what was available.
🌟There’s a quote from her that stuck with me:
✨ “I wrote myself into existence.”✨
No waiting for the perfect setup. No waiting to feel ready. Just showing up… consistently… over time.
It’s easy to think we need better conditions to write more. More time. More clarity. More energy. But a lot of great work comes from people using what they have, not what they wish they had.
📆 If your schedule isn’t perfect right now… that’s okay.
You don’t need perfect.
You just need something you can return to.
✅ This week, maybe the goal is simple: Find your version of “2 a.m.”
Whatever that looks like for you.
Curious, when’s the easiest (or most realistic) time for you to write right now? 🤔
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📖 MONDAY MOTIVATION (Author Story) 📖 Octavia E. Butler
