Well, I don’t have much to report today. I’ve made virtually no progress on my
December goals so far – I think I’ve written a grand total of 849 words, and
that was my last update post. It has
been / is going to be a busy week, so I’m not sure how much writing I’m going
to get done, but I’m going to try to fit it in somewhere. This weekend, we have our holiday pops
concert with the Missoula Symphony Orchestra (my husband and I sing in the
Symphony Chorale). We had our first
rehearsal with the conductor last night (the Chorale has its own director, but
of course the orchestra director conducts our joint concerts) and I feel much
more confident about the music. We also
have rehearsals with the orchestra on Thursday and Friday nights, and then
concerts on Saturday and Sunday. I’m
hoping I can get some writing in on Saturday during the day while my husband is
at work, but I also need to clean the bathroom, and start at least making lists
for Christmas preparations (there’s really only two weekends left to get stuff
done that I need to mail – eek!). And
then tonight, my only rehearsal free night of the week, I’m going to a play
with a friend.
Here’s a brief update, mostly to reiterate my goals for
myself and come up with some ideas to start meeting them.
1) Writing - 10,000
words
As previously noted, I’ve only written about 849 words since
NaNo ended, and they were all for my update post. I don’t think I’m going to count those
towards the 10,000, because the purpose of the goal is really to make progress
on my fiction writing – I want to finish the storyline of my NaNo project, and
then start working on the stories that were my original NaNo plan before it was
hijacked by the new shiny.
I still have one more lunch hour this week (I have a working
lunch on Friday), and I also get off work early on Friday and before everyone
else in my house, so I’m going to try to get some writing in then. I can also get up early and get some writing
done before going to my exercise class on Saturday, and save the other stuff
for later in the day.
2) Post Writing-Post
Round Up monthly
I didn’t get my November links posted on Monday, as I
previously said I would. I had intended
to do that on my lunch hour on Monday, and then I remembered that my laptop is
refusing to access the internet here at the University. It will
go up this weekend – I’m determined.
I’ve also collected a few “after NaNoWriMo” links, so I may
do a special edition post round-up later in the month.
3) Visit and comment
on at least 5 other ROWer's blogs per week
I have not yet done this.
I think I’ve commented on one other blog, and visited a couple. I’m thinking this is a good Sunday morning
task.
4) Revamp Blog
This is such a broad goal that I probably need to break it
out into steps. I’ll try to find some
time on Saturday to look for resources on how to code (or modify code for) a
template. If anybody knows any good
sites for how to do Blogger templates (or a site where there’s good prebuilt
templates), I’m all ears (or maybe eyes?).
5) Prioritize
This should probably actually be the first goal on my list,
since figuring this out would really help me achieve all my other goals. I think on Friday, I’m going to take some of
my “early out” time and start making lists of things I do, and which are
actually important.
So, there it is, a plan of sorts. I hope all of you are having a wonderful
week!
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6 comments:
Sounds like you have a busy week. Break a leg with the concerts! (Not sure if show business superstition goes to what you're doing, but figured rather safe than sorry!) I wish you luck finishing up the holiday stuff. I'm still waiting on one thing myself that I would get done if it were entirely in my control. I wish you the best for your holiday plans and your goals for the month.
Congrats on keeping up with your update posts & thanks for commenting on my blog! =*)
I too have issues with prioritization. I know what my priorities are, but I often ignore them to do the easy things first (which are less important) than the harder, more important things. Always a work in progress. Le sigh.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend, Gypsy.
Nice to meet a fellow Montanan! Sounds like you have a busy December ahead of you! Prioritizing is hard. Then doing what I "should do" is even harder. I wish you luck and a good week!
Hi Gypsy! Enjoy the concert, and don't put yourself under too much pressure to write. What with Christmas coming up and your concert and just finishing NaNo, there's a lot happening for you. Adding more pressure to the mix is almost always counterproductive for me, so perhaps a rest, and coming back to your writing fresh in the New Year, would be good?
I can send you a copy of the fast drafting reference sheet via email if you like. And thanks for dropping by my blog. :)
Hi Gloria! I think "Break a leg" is pretty much appropriate for all forms of performing arts. Thanks! Hope your holiday plans are going well!
Sione - yes, doing the easy things first is always a problem for me as well. Thanks for stopping by!
Rebecca - I didn't know there were any other Montanans in the ROW challenge! Nice to meet you!
Lisa - yes, more pressure tends to make me freeze up and get even less done, so we'll see how the month goes. I do still want to get some writing done, but Christmas prep will probably have to come first. Thanks for stopping by!
It's tough to write in December - so much to do! My daughter is big into band and choir, and graduated this past year, so this is the first year I don't have a bunch of concerts to go to - seems so strange! She really misses singing. Enjoy yours, and pick up the writing when you have time - even if that's in Jan.!
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