To be perfectly honest the old habits, specifically deadlines, still very much inform what I do. I am brutally disciplined about getting manuscripts in on time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.
I write in a journal occasionally. But it is not a daily discipline for me.
I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.
I do sit down every day and make myself write. I want 2,000 words every day or 3 single-space pages a day. I think if you are on a deadline, you have to be disciplined. If you turn things in late, you will find yourself without a contract.
Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.
I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly.
What I tend to do is I try and get as much writing done... I get as much writing done at home before I go into work.
I write pretty much year-round, but I definitely do more when a deadline is looming.
Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.
I am not very regimented unless I have to be. I wish I was someone that could just write every day, but I tend to work on specific projects for a specific period of time and then stop.