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The monthly start-over
Jul. 1st, 2024 08:29 am As always, the start of a new month is always the start-over of the usual daily whiteboard schedule. I no longer see being unable to follow it to the letter as failure, of course...I accept there were reasons for not getting any writing work done, or whatever it was that didn't get completed. Life gets in the way now and again. The whiteboard isn't a strict errand board but a useful way of keeping my brain in working order.
I have to say I'm quite impressed that I somehow managed (sort of) to get 391 writing days in a row on 750Words, but the other day I just said nah, enough is enough and I don't need to do that anymore. To be honest I'd started running out of new things to write there early on, and instead writing a sort of Walk in Silence (the book) overview of the music I enjoyed over the years. It was fun while it lasted but by the time I reached 385 days it had become a time-consuming chore. I'll use the site again, of course. It's extremely useful for writing very rough drafts of novels! But yeah, I'm taking a hiatus on that for a bit now.
Speaking of hiatuses, the one I'd started for my blogs is now over. I want to return back to Welcome to Bridgetown and Walk in Silence (the blog) again, because it's always been fun. Do I have stuff to blather about? Who knows? I can usually come up with something, so no worries there. I'm going to try twice a week for both once again, but I'll still allow a day off if I'm just too busy or distracted.
And speaking of distracted, I think I'm up there with @anagramofbrat in that I'm feeling VERY distracted by social media again. Not so much doomscrolling as just getting that dopamine fix, mainly on Threads. I'd like to be more connected on them and not reactive, though. The difference of course being that I miss having that fun connection with other people because I've been too willingly drawn in by someone's drama thread. [And I'm ACTIVELY avoiding political posts these days, so no worries there.] How to handle that, change that? Well, I'm not sure, but I'll figure it out.
New month, new schedule, new days. We'll see where this leads.
I have to say I'm quite impressed that I somehow managed (sort of) to get 391 writing days in a row on 750Words, but the other day I just said nah, enough is enough and I don't need to do that anymore. To be honest I'd started running out of new things to write there early on, and instead writing a sort of Walk in Silence (the book) overview of the music I enjoyed over the years. It was fun while it lasted but by the time I reached 385 days it had become a time-consuming chore. I'll use the site again, of course. It's extremely useful for writing very rough drafts of novels! But yeah, I'm taking a hiatus on that for a bit now.
Speaking of hiatuses, the one I'd started for my blogs is now over. I want to return back to Welcome to Bridgetown and Walk in Silence (the blog) again, because it's always been fun. Do I have stuff to blather about? Who knows? I can usually come up with something, so no worries there. I'm going to try twice a week for both once again, but I'll still allow a day off if I'm just too busy or distracted.
And speaking of distracted, I think I'm up there with @anagramofbrat in that I'm feeling VERY distracted by social media again. Not so much doomscrolling as just getting that dopamine fix, mainly on Threads. I'd like to be more connected on them and not reactive, though. The difference of course being that I miss having that fun connection with other people because I've been too willingly drawn in by someone's drama thread. [And I'm ACTIVELY avoiding political posts these days, so no worries there.] How to handle that, change that? Well, I'm not sure, but I'll figure it out.
New month, new schedule, new days. We'll see where this leads.
