I gotta be honest: this has been a tough month for me.
It started well enough, as I managed to continue writing the short story I mentioned on my previous update and it unsurprisingly got longer and longer. I also updated the backups of my projects and joined the tent for people who want to finish projects at the virtual writing camp, but then life happened and I couldn’t manage much more.
Still, I found alternatives and adapted my goals. I realized I felt like doing something artistic, so I decided to start making aesthetics posts. I realized I wouldn’t be able to finish that not-that-short story, so I changed my camp goal to finishing my current notebook instead. I felt like talking to some friends, so I contacted a few. One of them, who is a crochet expert, helped me with some WIP-related questions. Another one, who is a writer, talked to me about making decisions, self-doubt, and second-guessing one’s WIP. Plus, her questions about my Oracle project were very enlightening even for me.
You might have seen it already, but I also made a new pinned thread on Twitter to tell people more about myself!
So I guess I should be proud of taking care of myself as well as I could, and I do feel thankful for my wonderful friends, who are always there with their kind and encouraging words ready for me. But I also can’t help feeling a little bit guilty because I wasn’t able to do more, one way or another. Old habits die hard.
At least I’m getting better at choosing feasible goals, so for September I’ve chosen two that I need to achieve in here before I do anything else: I’ll make an aesthetics post for my Heroes project, and I’ll share with you the word count I couldn’t share today.
Maybe I should make my Word Count posts different from my update posts? I’m thinking that, right now, I have data from different months, so I could even make a bar chart on Excel? We’ll see.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed your holidays, if you had them. And, for those who didn’t, I hope you’re taking care of yourselves. See you next month!
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