Chaos and Creativity: How One Stay-at-Home Mom Turns Endless Interruptions Into Her Greatest Writing Asset
When I was young, I had an idea about what being a writer looked like. It did not involve being interrupted every few sentences by one or both of my small children. There certainly wasn’t mom-guilt attached to the dream. It didn’t look so unstructured, pieced together by stolen moments throughout the day.
The Notes app on my phone became a catch-all for my random thoughts, usually spoken through talk-to-text while navigating school drop-offs and doctor appointments. Putting it all together at the end of the day, often when my children were asleep, was at times, well, frustrating. I’d be left with disjointed ideas and thoughts, trying to build something out of missed moments of inspiration and clarity. At some point, I began to wonder if it should all be so hard. Maybe I should wait until I have a desk with a dedicated space, with dedicated time to dive in. Structure, my Virgo, Enneagram 1 self pleaded. I need structure!
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