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Day 2,834: Here’s Hoping

Today was better!

Not the badass day I wanted…but better. I’m reminded today that I need to outline before I can write. And I need to walk before I can run. I really WANT to just get running again…but first must come walking. So, today I walked. I outlined. Tomorrow, I’ll do some more walking, I’ll just get my pages done. And the day after that. And the day after that…and then, when I’ve done several days of just getting my pages done, THEN if I feel like I can do more, I can try to do more.

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Day 2,833: But Was There WiFi?

It was hard today.

I’ve been in a funk, lately. Not wanting to write. Really close to finishing, and feeling a metric shit ton of resistance. But…I wrote. And it was hard. And I don’t know if I love what I wrote, but I did it.

Tomorrow, I think will probably be more of the same. It’ll be hard. But, I’m going to do it anyway. I have to keep at it until I feel like I’m in a groove again. And I can do it. I’ve done it before.

It’s exhausting, honestly, dealing with resistance. It really tr...

Day 2,832: A Good Week

Looking forward to a good week this coming week. I need it.

The pressure is on to finish my book. Gotta do it. I *can* do it. Gonna crank on it tomorrow and the next day and the next until I finish the damn thing. It is within my GRASP!

It’s going to be a solid book. Fun stuff. Not perfect, to be sure—still a lot of craft I need to get better at. Figure out. Make my first drafts better. Level up. But, the structure is solid, at least. The adventure is exciting. I hope it’s good enough to d...

Day 2,831: Sweetest Batch

Pro tip: in the summer months, Driscoll’s sells a limited run of strawberries and raspberries called “Sweetest Batch” that are only, like, a dollar more expensive than their regular berries that are SO MUCH BETTER. Like…it’s not even close. So good, I’m not sure you can ever go back to just the regular berries.

Just saying.

Get on that shit.

Time for sleep. Night night.

Day 2,830: Hangin

I’m hanging in there.

Anxiety has been on overdrive lately. I’m so close to finishing my book. Getting closer to finishing this big “project” Liz and I have been working on. All really, really good things. Exciting things.

But, exciting can be just as exhausting and anxiety-inducing as the bad. I mean, the big difference is that it IS excitement, thank lawd. But, it’s still exhausting. It still keeps me up at night for no reason, and torpedoes my morning writing sessions.

I’ve written 1...

Day 2,829: Head Above

I have too much on my plate right now…but that being said, I’m handling my sh*t, yo.

Barely.

But, I am handling it.

Could fall asleep last night, which wiped out my early morning start time for writing…which then wiped out writing altogether because of all the stuff I had to get done today, which I just barely got done. It got done, though. I really can’t complain. And, I’m not complaining. I am handling it. Kinda proud of myself, really.

One step at a time.

And, tomorrow, that st...

Day 2,828: Fallin Apart!

Oh jeez. Fallin apart over here tonight.

First off…I have heartburn right now something wikkid. Don’t know why, really. I didn’t eat anything too spicy tonight. I did have a bubbly lemonade, which must have done me in, but that’s not usual. I don’t get heartburn just because I imbibe something fizzy. But, here we are.

Problem number two: I tweaked my right knee today somehow. I was working outside for a bit, and I think I must have twisted it or stepped awkwardly then. It’s sore now. Makin...

Day 2,827: Mixed Bag

A mixed bag today.

I got my writing done, but in thinking about it afterwards, it needs some rewriting. Which isn’t the end of the world. Not even major rewrites…but it is something that resistance gets to have a little field day and try to get me down about. Which it has, a little.

But, I know what the solution is. To roll up my sleeves and get in there to fix it.

Day otherwise was solid. I got in a nap. I did all my work. Helped bear with an audition that took a little longer than usu...

Day 2,826: I Got This

I’ve got this.

I’m a sprint-to-the-finish away from completing my book. Just over a week of hitting my daily goals, and I am done with the damn thing. It’ll be my first rough draft finished that I know is close to DONE done, that’s not an interminable project of rewriting and pulling my hair out and despairing that I think I’ve lost my mojo.

I have my mojo.

I just need to finish the damn thing.

I went to bed too late last night. That was frustrating. It was frustrating to lose today ...

Day 2,825: LATE!

Oh em gee…it’s late. I’m in bed right now an HOUR past bed time on a Monday morning. Oops.

I’m going to get up on time and do my writing anyway tomorrow. Watch me.

Good day today. Got my stuff done, which really was just setting myself up for the week. I want to get a poop ton of writing done this week. Wish me luck on that. I’m so close to finishing this book!

Night y’all. I swear I will go to bed earlier one of these nights and write more…

Or not.

We’ll see