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Making or breaking a habit is one of the hardest things in life to do, and that's what stuck out most to me in the reading for today. The idea of writing every single day to get in the habit, to make it part of your routine, is a foreign concept to me. I've always just started writing whenever inspiration hit, and that, I believe, is why my online English class is starting to bear down on me. I think I'll start doing half an hour a day, every day, to complete it before the deadline. Hopefully it keeps me from burning out like what is described in the reading.

I found myself agreeing with the mania portion of today's reading. I liked how Boice acknowledged it being somewhat of a blessing and a curse. When he listed some of the side effects, lack of sleep, energy, etc. I found myself agreeing with his assessment, especially because I got exactly zero hours of sleep last night. I have plenty of experience going without sleep because of the stresses being a binge writer/student, but I feel if I push myself to actually do work every day, for a given amount of time instead of laying in bed watching Breaking Bad, there could be many fewer sleepless nights.