A writing scrapbook

I have recently returned from my creative adventure abroad and, like many young people in my position, I have been forced to move back in with my parents. It’s not a situation any of us love but has had an impressively detrimental effect on my writing.

1. Light.

Never before have I realised how important a good light source is to me and my writing. My room is green here and never faces the sun aside from first thing in the morning, this is made worse by the fact we currently have scaffolding and basically adds up to me having a dingy and dark room.

2. Space.

This house isn’t mine and I want to respect my parents as much as I can by basically staying out of their way and not bringing all my creative mess into the group areas. My room is slowly filling up with all my manic notes and books, research and print outs. It’s literally insane and my room simply can’t handle it, leaving me feeling unhappy and unsatisfied in a cluttered room.

3. Time.

Writing is obviously taking a back seat right now to job searching. The sheer stress at my situation is probably not helping but when you take into account how many jobs I’m applying for, how many cover letters I write and emails I send it becomes clear that I’m not doing well at switching off. I can’t engage with my creative side while most of my mind is dedicated to the pursuit of work.

Once I find employment I have friends lined up to live with so it wouldn’t take long to move into a new life. Just hope I’ll be able to make this move soon, before all my writing becomes stagnant.