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Day 3,802: He Need Jacket

It was an unexpectedly busy day at work today. Whew. I was busy from 9am to almost 7pm. No nap today! But…that’s okay. It’s good to be busy. I need to earn that paycheck, you know? Of course you do, you hard-working mo fo.

Writing was hard again this morning, BUT…it got better as it went along. I ended up with a couple really good ideas by the end of it. Still not quite filling in the biggest holes, but it’s getting there.

It’s hard, because I’m burned out, truthfully, on the outlining. Ha...

Day 3:801: Close

I’m close. Very close to having this outline sorted, and the major points of this story dialed in. But, I’m not there yet, and it’s sooooo haaaarrrdddd. Sigh. Really hard to focus. To just sit there and think until I come up with answers that feel right. There’s no timetable for that. It doesn’t just happen with a certain amount of time and effort, and man, “resistance” really preys on that. I find myself looking at my phone, checking socials, wanting to get up and do other things, and otherwise...

Day 3,800: Rumble Through

Another lazy day. Exactly what I needed, hopefully, because I have a goal for this coming week: a perfect week. All fifteen hours of writing, done. Gotta get it. Will get it. Just need to be diligent.

Joy is currently paaassseedd out. She had a super long play session with Sunny today over at the Kings.

I watched racing. I took a shower and a nap. I got groceries for the week to make sure I was taken care of. I helped Liz with an audition. We watched Alone together.

I was a good day. An...

Day 3,799: Tissue

Got to watch the Australian Grand Prix live! Lin—Liz’s dad, who’s a huge racing fan—texted right as the race was starting and asked if we were watching. Well, we just so happened to be on the couch, and we tuned in and caught up from the little bit we’d missed to that point. It was a great race! Verstappen was out early with mechanical problems, so it was wide open who was going to win. It ended up being Ferrari one-two, Carlos and then Leclerc, and Norris took third for McLaren. So satisfying t...

Day 3,798: Five Alarm

Wasn’t expecting it to be a long work day today, but it was! In a good way, I suppose.

Started with the first great outlining session I’ve had in a couple weeks. Had several very, very good ideas, one after the other. And then work was busy, but at just the right times, so I was able to go and run a couple errands in the middle of it. And then podcasting was a good time, too, even though the movie wasn’t really. Alfred trying his hand at another comedy; it hasn’t worked for him yet, to be hon...

Day 3,797: Cooper’s Nest

I saw two new kittens this morning. Brothers, I think. About six months? One of them was suuuuper friendly and would have come right up to me if Snacks hadn’t been right there and immediately went to regulate on this poor baby. This is his backyard, after all.

It totally messed up my morning writing. Sigh. Whole day was a bit off, honestly…but then I took a brief nap after work and kinda reset.

I need to bear down on this outline. Get this shit done. I can do it. I can. Just need to put in...

Day 3,796: Three Hours

Twas a three-hour day today. My goal. Whew. All I really did was point out the big holes still in my outline…but at least I know where they are. That is still helpful.

Helped Liz with an audition. 8 pages! But we got it done in an hour. She’s in a groove at the moment. Wouldn’t be surprised if she books it.

Coops has a little something going on with his eye. A stye, maybe? Or his tear duct is clogged? Not sure. It’s bothering him a bit. We’re taking him to see the doc on Saturday. Sweet bo...

Day 3,795: Proper March

A zero day today writing-wise. Sigh. Lots of moving parts right now to waking life. No excuse, though…except for fatigue. And that what I’m working on right now is hard. That’s the plain and simple truth of it. Outlining. It’s hard. For me. Maybe it’s easy for other writers. Maybe it’s easy for you. But for me, this is where all the big questions need to be answered, where the events of the book and the character arcs all must be mapped out. It’s the lynchpin of writing the book, for me. This is...

Day 3,794: He’s All Done

Day one of the new OmniFocus reality. I did good with it. Real test, however, will be if I stick with it when the whole thing goes sideways, which is bound to happen sooner or later—the stretches where the schedule has to go out the window for a week or two because work or life got hectic. That will be the true test!

I have holes in my rough outline for book 5, and I need to plug them before I move onto the detailed outline. Sigh. It takes so much brainpower to come up with that shit. It’s ha...

Day 3,793: Edison

Making this a quick one because it’s almost bed time and I want to establish a new routine of using my omnifocus app every night before bed to plan out my next day in terms of all the little stuff I need to get done. The big stuff, too, but it’s the smaller stuff I struggle with.

I’ve gone through stretches of using the app to really great effect; the last time was a couple years ago. Really helped me keep on track of stuff. But, then I get more on top of things and I let the rope slip. I’m o...