Today marks 114 days in a row of writing. I know this because of the words I’ve logged
in the magic spreadsheet very diligently over the past 114 days. The spreadsheet has been a blessing because
there is no way I would have kept up this pace for so long without it. Over those days, I have reached level four
and now have a daily goal of 400 words.
That daily goal though, has unfortunately become somewhat of a problem.
Let me explain. It’s
not a problem because it’s an unachievable goal or anything like that; it’s a
problem because of me and my time limits and priorities. Not to mention my lack of writing skill. (Sometimes it takes me a lot longer than it
should to pump out 400 words) See, I’m
not a professional writer, even though that would be great. I like to think that if I was, I would knock
out 400 words by breakfast, but that’s probably unrealistic too, so I digress. So I've got work and then family and
everything else. It gets crazy
sometimes, so I had to make a decision.
My decision is to maintain my chain in the magic spreadsheet
by writing 250 words a day. (250 words is the minimum you can write and keep
your chain alive) Only writing 250 words
a day will cause me to lose those, oh so valuable points, but I believe I can
deal with that as long as my chain lives.
Keeping the chain alive will insure the life of my writing habit and the
lower word count will free up some time during my busy days or nights.
I am still excited about writing, and I am still enjoying it
greatly as I learn by doing. I am also
excited to free up some time to do some other things. I’ll be posting about those other things
soon, so stay tuned!
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