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Last time I wrote to you, I had 24 hours left to finish my 200-page book and was having a panic attack. That Tuesday I submitted my completed manuscript to my book publisher by 8:10 am.
How did it feel once I reached the other side of writing a book?
To be honest, it felt like I had just escaped the dungeon of hell.
The kind where you feel trapped with no escape, the clock of your life is ticking loudly as you’re trying to focus on fighting demons in your face with a mortal sword.
Afterward, I felt like shit. I wanted to melt into nothingness. It felt like I won a long, hard battle. And also like I wanted to cry, collapse, and scream – all at the same time.
It felt like I was hungover.
I thought I would be prancing across the sand at the beach and jumping for joy when I finished writing my book but it was quite the opposite.
It did not feel good. At all.
I realized I was having a Project Hangover! The crappy-suckiness you feel after completing a project. Crossing the finish line. Getting to the other side of a marathon. Kinda like finals week in school.
Now that I’ve experienced the large magnitude of a book writing project, I know the HIGH level of self-care and emotional support that is needed in the process before, during, and after! Next time I write a book, I know I need to make space for the hangover that comes after.
And look at that – I have a new concept to talk about in my next self-care book ;).
How do you (or wish to) self-care after crossing the finish line on projects in your life?
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