(Not a) Weekend Update Finally Updates
Nov. 27th, 2017 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonI seem to be in a weird space right now, right at the almost-end of one writing project and the not-quite-beginning of another. I'm getting those feelings of Not Getting Anything Done, of course. I'm trying to ignore that, because obviously I am still getting a crapton of stuff done, it's just slow going at the moment. I felt this way after being in Revision Mode for almost two years, so I know the feeling well.
I'm taking the week off from blogging at the two WordPress sites as well -- that's more of a well-deserved break than a mental one, considering I've been surprisingly very consistent about its schedule for nearly the entire year. I should be back up and running on those come next weekend.
Also, now that we're just about to hit the last month of the year, as expected I'm drifting once more into Year End Review territory. I am genuinely curious to see what goals I've hit, what feats I've pulled off, how many words I've written. I know I've achieved some pretty big ones: finishing off the Trilogy project, finishing Meet the Lidwells, creating a few new future projects. It's been a very busy 2017 for me.
And this is pretty much all while trying to balance out stuff going on IRL. That's a frustration in and of itself, considering the current mood of the country, not to mention most of my online friends. [I'm not faulting them for their indignation aimed at the Fuckwit or anyone else. I won't ask them to be silent, especially if they've got a hell of a lot more riding in this game than I do.] I'm not angry at them for being angry. I'm angry at myself for consistently falling into the same damn emotional traps I fell in countless times before. Once I'm there I just turn into a moody, grouchy morose bastard and stay that way for a good couple of years, and I really don't want to go down that road anymore.
ANYWAY -- you've heard me gripe about THAT enough already. Time to be positive for a while.
So yeah, I'll be thinking about what I've done in 2017. I'd like to think I've done a bang-up job this time out. :)
I'm taking the week off from blogging at the two WordPress sites as well -- that's more of a well-deserved break than a mental one, considering I've been surprisingly very consistent about its schedule for nearly the entire year. I should be back up and running on those come next weekend.
Also, now that we're just about to hit the last month of the year, as expected I'm drifting once more into Year End Review territory. I am genuinely curious to see what goals I've hit, what feats I've pulled off, how many words I've written. I know I've achieved some pretty big ones: finishing off the Trilogy project, finishing Meet the Lidwells, creating a few new future projects. It's been a very busy 2017 for me.
And this is pretty much all while trying to balance out stuff going on IRL. That's a frustration in and of itself, considering the current mood of the country, not to mention most of my online friends. [I'm not faulting them for their indignation aimed at the Fuckwit or anyone else. I won't ask them to be silent, especially if they've got a hell of a lot more riding in this game than I do.] I'm not angry at them for being angry. I'm angry at myself for consistently falling into the same damn emotional traps I fell in countless times before. Once I'm there I just turn into a moody, grouchy morose bastard and stay that way for a good couple of years, and I really don't want to go down that road anymore.
ANYWAY -- you've heard me gripe about THAT enough already. Time to be positive for a while.
So yeah, I'll be thinking about what I've done in 2017. I'd like to think I've done a bang-up job this time out. :)
