Or perhaps I should title this post “Meeting my NaBoPloMo Requirement for the Day”.
Renovations, Not Yet
Seriously, though, I had been planning to blog all about our renovation plans, which were supposed to start tomorrow. I took pictures of the area that will be transformed in the space of the next four weeks, and everything!
But, as is often the case with renovations, I’ve noticed, the project has been postponed. Our contractor hurt his foot last week and it’s not gotten any better. So the start date has been moved to Monday.
On the bright side, it means three more mornings of hanging around in my bathrobe, yawning, lying down on the couch for a quick nap after the kids have left for school …
NaNoWriMo Motivation
One thing that has surprised me is how I’ve been able to keep up with NaNoWriMo. I’ve discovered a wicked little tool that almost physically propels me to open up my novel writing files and start typing every night. It’s that little image that’s on the upper right hand side of this blog right now. Every night I log into Nano and update my word count, and like magic, it’s reflected in that little image.
Astoundingly enough, THAT’S what’s been behind my ability to sit myself down and write those words every night. Kind of an accountability thing.
It’s been working so well that I asked my friend Ann-Kat to suggest a Wordpress plugin that will do roughly the same thing once Nano is up. She’s made a few suggestions, and I’ll go and take a look at what’s available once this week is over and those deadlines have all been met and dealt with. I plan to keep a little widget announcing word count progress on my latest novel at all times on this blog.
Because it really seems to be working for me. And honestly, anything that gets me to write is good, very very good.
The Whole Work Thing
I’m amazed at how calm and stress-free I’ve been during this marathon of deadlines. Today I discovered that a couple of my deadlines for next week have shifted into the future, and so I’m really looking forward to this weekend, when I should be finishing up on the last deadline of the bunch. Just thinking about it makes me feel good.
But glitches do pop up. I just discovered I’m missing a document for one of the deadlines that’s due later this week. It’s something I should have clued into earlier. There was a time when something like this would have thrown me for a loop but I’m taking it in stride. I’m good at what I do, and “stuff happens”. Really. It does. And it’s all no big deal.
So all is well. And that feels good, too.
Tags: NaNoWriMo, renovations, Thoughts, work, Writing
