“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost
Life does not stop or pause no matter what is happening in our personal lives. It goes on. It persists.
This is true too whether you have written or not. It passes with words on the page or not. It is up to you to decide whether you have committed your words and ideas to the page or whether you have left it blank.
This concept motivates me to write even when I don’t feel like doing it. It keeps me going back to the work day after day. I take comfort in knowing that each day sees more words or revised words or progress of some kind on my tiny contribution to craft.
I hope it motivates you too, because time will pass either way. You can have a finished manuscript or just an idea. You decide.