I have been telling people my plan for the past week just so I hold myself accountable.

9 am: Wake up AND do regular human things like wash my face and the like. I get dressed in real clothes including a bra. The type of behavior that people who are not on summer break engage in. The bra is especially important.

Sometime after 9 am: make coffee and drink it outside luxuriously.

A little later, let's say 10:30: Open my computer and do not open any social media. Instead I will ACTUALLY FOR REAL I MEAN IT open my work on the 3rd-ish round of edits. This is a very important part of this process: I will NOT start at the beginning. I will go to where I left off and work forward. This involves turning over my awesome hourglass (which is actually for an hour) as part of my commitment to not distracting myself with all the suddenly-very-important things.

Also important: I will not make my major plot changes. Yes, I will make notes, but it's important that I not apply them in case I address them later.

It is important to make a note here: I just noticed an old, half-filled water bottle and took it outside to give a little extra to the struggling gardenia. I then picked up the gnome and brought him in to clean up and, later, plan to paint.

Having done that, I am now mentally self-flagellating and about to close this post and actually open my document.

I'm turning over the hourglass NOW.