And the mantra for today is:

I've been sort of collecting mantras (words of widsom? snippets of inspiration? clever quips?), with the idea of posting them on days that they seem particularly helpful to me. Mostly they'll be about writing, but this one is good today because we have a new espresso-making-pod-thingy and I'm trying to calculate how to incorporate a couple of shots from it into my already carefully calibrated caffeine consumption (and try saying that three times fast after you've had one shot too many). Too much, and I won't sleep (I've been there and it's Very Bad); too little and the headaches consume me (also Extremely Bad).

I'm hoping that having a few ready mantras to shout at myself will help me when I get frustrated, which usually happens because I take writing (as I take most things, unfortunately) rather too seriously.

Any writing mantras you'd like to share? Comments welcome!