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Dec. 17th, 2017 11:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skye_writerSo several things have happened since my last entry. Go figure. Time passes, things happen, who knew that was how it worked?
Sorry I think my blood sugar is low or something because I am shaky as HELL right now and my brain is kind of bouncing all over the place.
I went to the last NaNo write in thing at the library. It went all right. The same lady running it is going to be started a new writing group in the new year and I think I'm going to go to that. Whee? I don't know what I'll be writing. But I will write something.
Speaking of writing, I am thinking about doing Get Your Words Out (![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
getyourwordsout ) next year? Just the 75k level because I am not stupid, but I wonder if setting up expectations for myself will lead to depression and such when I fail to live up to them.
Speaking of expectations, a week and a half ago my therapist made me agree to stop making to do lists in my bullet journal. I complied, and wouldn't you know it, I AM QUITE A BIT HAPPIER. Like I feel a vague disappointment when I don't do some things, but for the most part I am all right. I am not beating myself up about what I do "instead". I just do things. And I'm all right with it.
Back to writing: I think Get Your Words Out would be fun? And there aren't penalties for not reaching your goal or staying on pace, but the community and accountability would be nice, though. So I'm mulling it over currently.
In other news: I saw the new Star Wars. IT WAS QUITE EXCELLENT. I think I am seeing it again today with my parents and then I think I will be able to formulate thoughts on it? I know I really really liked it and haters to the left and wow what a movie and heck I can't wait to see Rian Johnson's trilogy and man oh man oh man what a good film.
Unrelated story: we are doing Christmas this coming Saturday because of crazy family stuff? Well, mostly just because my sister has to work Friday, Saturday, Sunday night this weekend, and her husband doesn't want to make his family uncomfortable about their immovable position on having their Christmas on Christmas. I feel for her, she is going to be so exhausted. Ugh. So we are trying to be nice to her and have a family breakfast instead of dinner, and open gifts right after and then she can go home and sleep. The whole thing is slightly... I don't know. It feels like a mess. But we are doing Christmas. Hooray?
Equally unrelated story: I am so excited for The Shape of Water you don't even KNOW. I hope my local theater gets it or I may scream or something I don't know. I want to see it so bad and if I have to go out of town to see it... I just. It's shaping up to be this year's awards darling (either that or it's going to fall to The Post or something like that), so why wouldn't my local theater get it???
I don't know what else. I am going to try to post more often, but I don't guarantee anything.
Sorry I think my blood sugar is low or something because I am shaky as HELL right now and my brain is kind of bouncing all over the place.
I went to the last NaNo write in thing at the library. It went all right. The same lady running it is going to be started a new writing group in the new year and I think I'm going to go to that. Whee? I don't know what I'll be writing. But I will write something.
Speaking of writing, I am thinking about doing Get Your Words Out (
getyourwordsout ) next year? Just the 75k level because I am not stupid, but I wonder if setting up expectations for myself will lead to depression and such when I fail to live up to them.Speaking of expectations, a week and a half ago my therapist made me agree to stop making to do lists in my bullet journal. I complied, and wouldn't you know it, I AM QUITE A BIT HAPPIER. Like I feel a vague disappointment when I don't do some things, but for the most part I am all right. I am not beating myself up about what I do "instead". I just do things. And I'm all right with it.
Back to writing: I think Get Your Words Out would be fun? And there aren't penalties for not reaching your goal or staying on pace, but the community and accountability would be nice, though. So I'm mulling it over currently.
In other news: I saw the new Star Wars. IT WAS QUITE EXCELLENT. I think I am seeing it again today with my parents and then I think I will be able to formulate thoughts on it? I know I really really liked it and haters to the left and wow what a movie and heck I can't wait to see Rian Johnson's trilogy and man oh man oh man what a good film.
Unrelated story: we are doing Christmas this coming Saturday because of crazy family stuff? Well, mostly just because my sister has to work Friday, Saturday, Sunday night this weekend, and her husband doesn't want to make his family uncomfortable about their immovable position on having their Christmas on Christmas. I feel for her, she is going to be so exhausted. Ugh. So we are trying to be nice to her and have a family breakfast instead of dinner, and open gifts right after and then she can go home and sleep. The whole thing is slightly... I don't know. It feels like a mess. But we are doing Christmas. Hooray?
Equally unrelated story: I am so excited for The Shape of Water you don't even KNOW. I hope my local theater gets it or I may scream or something I don't know. I want to see it so bad and if I have to go out of town to see it... I just. It's shaping up to be this year's awards darling (either that or it's going to fall to The Post or something like that), so why wouldn't my local theater get it???
I don't know what else. I am going to try to post more often, but I don't guarantee anything.
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Date: 2017-12-17 08:09 pm (UTC)The way you use “when” instead of “if” suggests that you already think you will fail? What’s your typical word count per year? Maybe go for something just slightly beyond the typical? I’ve heard it’s a great comm for keeping motivated to write!
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Date: 2017-12-18 01:36 am (UTC)I don't normally count how many words I write per year, but I did do a decent job keeping track this year, and I just added them all up: 91.9k. Written in only six months of the year, but still written. I think that means that 75k is probably doable, but I need to dial myself back a little expectations-wise? I've read the rules on GYWO and you don't get penalized for not keeping pace or anything, so I may go ahead and do it. :)