ROW80 Jan 8
Wow, its Sunday already. Where did my week go? Sigh, I feel so under-productive.
The last few days, my goals have been harder to meet. I met just about all the promotion and blog reading/commenting goals, but I’m barely making my daily word count. I think my problem is that I’m not on a regular routine. Between my husband’s odd work schedule and my puppy’s need for constant attention, I’ve tried to sneak in my goals and writing. I think I need to choose a specific time during the day to get these done.
Not to mention, I totally fell off the wagon Saturday. Not a single goal was achieved that day. Nothing. Nada. Zip. After a puppy play date at the pet park, the vet appointment, the shopping, and house-cleaning, my mind was completely blank. I’m pretty sure I had no cognitive functions left and was only capable of making babbling and gurgling noises. You’ll have to ask my hubby to be sure.
On the bright side, my fish are happy because their aquariums are clean and both the laundry and the dishes were washed. I tried to make up for the loss of word count yesterday and added about 200 extra words to my goal today. Not great but at least its something, and I get to wear clean clothes this week.
I am, however, excited about my WIP. I’ve made lots of progress on the outline and plotting. Who knew that a pantser could actually enjoy outlining? I’m hoping that with the time I allot to focus just on my writing and my goals, that meeting next week’s goals will be easier. I’ve got 73 days left and a whole lot of work to get done, but I’m not giving up. I’ll get there!
January 8, 2012 @ 8:54 PM
I fell off the wagon, too, Jennifer. My husband brought out Christmas chocolate and it fried my brain. So it looks like we can both get back on track this week. Good luck!
January 8, 2012 @ 8:56 PM
Sounds like you’re enjoying being the writer in residence in spite of the distractions. Hope you have a great new year. 🙂
January 8, 2012 @ 9:29 PM
Nothing wrong with a slow start, girlie! You’ll get there, promise. Good luck this week!
January 8, 2012 @ 10:44 PM
No worries Jennifer. We will all have weeks like that. You’ll pull things back together. I have faith in you.
January 8, 2012 @ 10:48 PM
Still sounds like you got a lot of work done despite your claims! Congrats on the WIP going well, and clean clothes are always a plus. 🙂
January 9, 2012 @ 1:26 AM
Jennifer – I’m with the rest of the crew above that there’s nothing wrong with starting off slow.
I am one that LOVES to blog and I always want to do that first. I’ve had to learn to restructure my goals so the writing on the WIP comes FIRST. I might scream and moan about it, but if I get those words out of the way first, I can do what I love which is social media and blogging. I don’t know if this would work for you, but I basically had to bribe myself!
This is a new week and I hope you enjoy it. I am so jealous that you have a puppy!! I miss my baby doggie terribly.
January 9, 2012 @ 7:56 AM
It still sounds like a lot got done! And plus you’re exciting with your writing–that’s great place to be! Good luck, happy writing 🙂
January 9, 2012 @ 11:01 AM
I would never get the writing done if not for my routines! Hang in there; once you get some routines established the other stuff will fall back into place. Good luck this week!
January 9, 2012 @ 11:17 AM
I’ve had to stop reading blogs and commenting as well, so that I could get some housework caught up. I could sit at the computer all day and night. sheesh – get a life Louise
January 9, 2012 @ 11:33 AM
I’m having issues with setting a routine too! And I really have no excuse. But this is a new week and a new chance to tackle it and wrestle it to the ground. We got this.
January 9, 2012 @ 11:09 PM
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January 14, 2012 @ 10:32 AM
Nice to read your blog