Where is Your Happy Place?

When you write, do you have a happy place? Do conditions have to be “just right?” When are you most productive?

I like variety.

The beach, a restaurant, the porch, my desk, the kitchen table—all favorite writing spots. Give me a bit of real estate next to a window, light a candle, provide an endless supply of Diet Dr. Pepper and Peanut M&M’s—and you have a happy writer.

When my oldest girls were little, I also cared for three other children—five little ones in a very small space. But I had a routine. After lunch everyone had naptime/quiet time and this mom grabbed a notebook and pen, sat in the recliner with little ones close by—and wrote.

I had to work for my happy place. And results were crazy-slow (45-minute writing segments are tough). But God honored my dogged devotion to those 45 minutes and my first devotion book was born in this beautiful chaos.

This year, commit to creating a unique writing space—a place just for you with few interruptions.

If you’re like me, you can take a little bit of messy-desk syndrome, but you crave organization. A bit of transparency: my office is a disaster. I am a stack-things-up queen. If you took a peek you would assume it was a storage room.

One of my writing goals for early this year is to dig out of the mess and create a space that draws me in, encouraging creative thought.

Take a few minutes and examine your writing space(s) and work habits. How can they be improved to revive productivity? Check out The Efficiency Addict for great tips and ideas.

This is the time of year when we tend to examine our goals, successes, and progress. Let’s commit to giving God our best and using our abilities to bring Him glory. Let’s honor Him with excellence!

And may we remember to pray for each other in our writing journeys.

Happy writing!