The Year Of A Thousand Projects
Ugh, I’ve been so busy I almost forgot April’s first blog post!
I said it earlier this year – here – that in 2024 I would focus on going through a lot of old stuff. Things I’ve written ages ago that I’ve left to simmer for so long now that I’ve almost forgotten about them entirely. Now, this is in one sense a very relaxing task. Even though I’m going through stories and doing revisions, it doesn’t feel as daunting and as massive an undertaking as sitting down and writing something totally new, from scratch. At the same time, I get to jump between things, do a little bit here and there, submit a few things, send another thing off to an editor, you get the gist, so it feels very rewarding a lot of the time. I get to check multiple things off my to-do list every other week.
But…
That to-do list also seems to get infinitely bigger with every thing I complete. Don’t get me wrong, I love the hustle and I love feeling like I’m getting through my back log of projects. Not everything is going to lead anywhere, or be able to be finished, but at least I’m having a look through what I have lying around, right?
But there’s just so much stuff lying around! Ever done that thing where you stupidly decide to deep-clean your whole place, only to realize your closets, cupboards, cabinets and drawers are packed waaaay tighter than you remembered? Yeah, that’s where I’m at now.
I don’t know how 2024 is going to turn out at this point. I feel like I’ve made a good start and this is potentially going very well, at the same time I might have bitten off more than I can chew. Maybe I just need to make a more organized and structured list for how to get through everything, or maybe I just focus on the things that seem most interesting in the moment, but I don’t know. I’ll have a think about it for another couple of months while I just work my way through.
Ever done a spring cleaning like this on your old writing or other creative projects? Any advice? Let me know in the comments!
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