Back into the flow of working on the novel. The schedule, as compressed as it is, still gives me time to get things done the way I want and need to. I of course have other work that needs doing within that time frame. I look forward to the day I get paid enough to write one thing at a time. Alas that day is not today, therefore I am left to being a scheduler and a planner.
It is going OK. Not great and not consistent, but I did get scheduled more days than not this week. Deliberate Practice is the motto of the moment, and it starts first thing in the morning when I wake up. I’m early to the computer and then, once I get done with a chunk of grading, I tend to focus in on the blog. That didn’t happen today. I went right to the novel post grading. It was a misstep that finds me here late in the afternoon collecting these thoughts, but practice is progress.
I enjoy the opportunity to rebuild myself day by day and to reach a point where I can be a productive writer again. I am learning a ton from doing a lot at once, and while it is a larger form of multi-tasking, the art of scheduling gives me the ability to treat it like each thing is individual.
Some Thoughts:
- Major misstep in the $$ league for fantasy. Started the Washington defense. 40 points later… Yeah, it is going to be a tough out for me for the rest of the weekend. Heck, I was better off recruiting the Giants!
- Went to a dance class for the first time ever. Had fun. Sweat a lot. I may be chronically out of shape at this point, but I am still young enough to be able to get in better shape. I will never have the body of 18 yr old me, and I am no longer going to try for that. I am going to try to reduce the midsection considerably and be able to move across a dance floor with far less sweat involved.