As I’m writing this, I have a headache. It’s the one pain that seems to interfere with writing for me. I can write with gut-wrenching stomach pain. I can write with muscle soreness. I can write with a broken ankle. I have a hard time writing with a headache.

I guess it’s because my thoughts and my head are the same place. It doesn’t really make sense to me now that I think about it. A headache shouldn’t really interfere with thinking anymore than any other pain. It’s not like a headache means my brain hurts. I should be able to write through a headache just as easily as I write through stomach pain.

When I was suffering from IBS, I wrote with pain ALOT. I was in pain every day for about six years. I wrote regularly during that time. I didn’t every even consider saying, “Oh, I’ve got gas that makes childbirth feel like a walk in the park. I think I’ll wait until it passes before I write.” Nope. I just farted and wrote and hoped I would feel better as the words flowed out of my fingers.

Why do I let a headache get in the way of my writing?

Well, no more.

I’m going to consider a headache no different than any other pain. I’m just going to work through it even if looking at the computer screen makes it worse. I’ll just wear sunglasses and let the words flow out of my fingers.