Writing was easier when I was younger. I use to write for hours after school and on the weekends it felt like I spent all day and night writing. Writing has always been fun to me. I wrote mostly in notebooks until my family got a laptop, then I would type while at home and write in a notebook while at school. I wrote short stories and novels. I wrote just to write. I had journals all for myself and I had journals I shared with my friends. Nowadays writing feels more like a chore and I missed the days I would write to escape the world. After I published my first book, which I wrote for the fun of it, I've felt like that's all I can focus on. I must work on the next book to get that one published. I find it hard to focus on one project at a time, but if I don't work on the next book to be published, I feel like I'm stalling. I want to have a deadline for when I need to have the book finished, but I never finish on time because I spend my time doing other things. I'm coming to terms with the idea that it's okay to take breaks from the book and work on something else. It actually is helpful. It gets my mind working. I want to write for the fun of it again. Write to simply be writing. That's when my best ideas develop.