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I’m supposed to be halfway done by now, but the process is what the process is, and the process is exceedingly slow this time around. I haven’t been productive with the Butt in Chair time I am spending on the project. I get distracted and chase leads down rabbit holes or discover interesting information pertaining to other projects that I simply must pursue. At least peruse… All of this is part of my ramping up phase. Generally speaking, the ramp up should’ve happened during the last project or two but they were so spaced out that I ended up downshifting and wound up back here at one. All of this is to suggest that I may miss my 15 day deadline.
I don’t want to do that, which is why I shouldn’t put it out in the universe. I should be excited about what I will accomplish over the next few days. I scratched out a general outline of most sections save for the intro and the short story. Of course, I am focusing on the stuff I haven’t done vs what is ready to be worked on. This too is habitual. Part of developing such extensive outlines is about limiting my ability to fret over what I am not prepared to write.
Looking at it from a day to day perspective, I still have 6 days remaining in the project, which requires a little over 2K words a day to get the work done. Sure, the original was 1k, and each day I don’t do the work increases the daily load, but the load is presently very manageable. I’ll buckle down and get to it.
More tomorrow.