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Day 2,710: Nonstop

Holy jesus. Today was non-stop.

I got…almost everything done. This weekend will be pretty damn non-stop as well. Bring it on.

Wrote. Worked. Client work. Dropped some stuff off. Took care of the pups. Podcasted. It was…a long day. A great day.

Night!

Day 2,709: 1 of 2

I got stuck today. Pfizer vaccine dose 1 of 2.

Honestly? Low key emotional about it. It’s one step, a huge one really, toward “normal.” Intellectually, I could imagine things going back to normal from the very beginning of this pandemic. I could see how that would work. But to be HERE? Finally? It’s…it’s emotional.

Solid, very busy day today. Up early to get writing done. Then, walked pups early to make sure their morning routine was finished before dropping them off at the doomers to get ...

Day 2,708: Painful Setup

Right now, setting up story is painful.

That’s where I am in the process of writing my current book: setting things up. There’s so much unknown, so much detail to fill in, so much *I* don’t know yet about my characters, and it’s so easy for me to write outside of the flow and just kind of force things that I then want to go back and change.

I was better about that with my first book. I just WROTE as opposed to falling to far on the side of either not caring or caring too much. I was able t...

Day 2,707: Nearly There

Man…I am nearly there. Two weeks straight of getting up at 7am.

I write that, and I definitely feel…proud, but also totally silly. Like, objectively speaking, it REALLY isn’t that hard to wake up on time for two weeks. But, goddamnit, it was for me! I tried to get up at 7am for a year. Almost exactly. Couldn’t do it. And, now I have for two straight weeks.

And maaaannnn…I was EXHAUSTED this morning when I woke up. Fatigued. Allergies going crazy. I had a terrible night’s sleep. It was rooo...

Day 2,706: Weedz

I never though pulling weeds could ever be therapeutic.

I haaaaaated that when I was younger. Hated it. But now…it’s nice to put on a podcast and just be down with the plants and the dirt. Who knew? Got to go out and visit somewhere and pull weeds. Happy with the swath I pulled out, too.

I got some rest today. Got up on time, right on time, and stayed up for a good three hours, then went back and snoozed. Forced myself to, actually. I kept waking up with my brain spinning thoughts…but I st...

Day 2,705: Wow

So…

I reaaalllyyyy didn’t want to get up at 7am this morning. I had a late night podcasting, I was really tired, but I’m committed so I did it anyway absolutely convinced I’d stay up for an hour and then go back to sleep.

Nope. I knocked out all the shit I wasn’t able to get done this week instead, walked the dogs and then had breakfast with Liz.

Dope. It was dope. I got SO MUCH SHIT DONE just because I woke up early.

And it is finally getting easier to get out of bed. The determinat...

Day 2,704: Let them eat cake

Oh boy, it’s late. Great day. I set a goal to write 3 pages and I DID IT.

Work was great. Podcasting was EPIC. Also got to play some DJ times with Josh, too, before we podcasted. It was all excellent.

And, now it’s waaaay past bed time. So, we’ll end it here and say…I gotta get up at 7am tomorrow. Lol. Sleep time.

Day 2,703: Better…

Writing was good today. Great, even, but “good” and “great” are subjective, for sure. I can do better, output-wise. But…I need to be patient with myself. One step at a time. I need to build my confidence, find the pocket, one step at a time. I forced myself to envision the scene I was writing in visual detail, beat by beat, and I wrote it down.

I’ve done 3 pages in two days. Not great. Or, is it? Given that I was writing zero pages two days ago…it’s rather solid.

I can do this. Just need t...

Day 2,702: First Step

Ooooohhhh it was hard to write this morning. It’ll be hard tomorrow, too, probably, but gottdam…I still did it. 500 words I’m happy with. Two pages, almost. NOT the goal…but I still did it.

Also did some work on the “project” that had me outdoors. That was nice. Shoulder is still sore, so I took some ibuprofen for it. Really want to get back to working out, but I can’t till it’s healed. Work was good. Hanging out with Liz tonight was great.

Good day.

It’s already time for bed, so I’ll l...

Day 2,701: Raising the Bar

It’s exhausting to raise the bar. And scary. And exciting.

I’ve been waking up on time for a week, now. And I’ve done what I needed to do miscellaneous work-wise. Tomorrow, it’s time to write new pages for the first time in a long time. Brand new pages. Fresh. New story.

I’m…excited. Nervous. But, calm, actually. I know that’s totally contradictory. So, maybe not calm…but focused, I think. Not holding on too tight. I hope. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow. But, the goal is going to be 6-8 pa...