Thirty-day Challenge update

My current thirty-day challenge is going pretty well. I spent all last week working at Leslie's house, keeping her kitties company while she was gone... that was perhaps a little lazy, but it did keep me out of the house for more than 2 hours at a time, and I did get a fair amount of work done in the process, so I'm going to call it an overall win.

It's interesting that it was easier for me to be creative about my work spots when I didn't have a car... weird, I guess. But hey, I'm weird.

It's September now, and I'm super excited because I just found out I'll be co-ML (Municipal Liaison) for my region for NaNoWriMo in November. I seriously love NaNo. I was scared of it at first, because I wasn't sure I could write 50,000 words in 30 days. But, I think that's the point. You're supposed to push yourself ... and no one is going to point and laugh at you if you don't reach the goal. But you might surprise yourself.

The first year of NaNo I wrote 30,000 words. I've won it twice since then. And a couple of times in between I fell short. But that's ok! The point is to get out there and give it your best shot.

And now, this year, I get to be a cheerleader for others who are writing, too! I can't wait!

Day 16: 30-day #noFacebook challenge - Moodswings

Man that voice in my head is tricky... the one that yesterday morning that was so triumphant, so sure that I was disconnecting from Facebook and that I didn't need it to be content...

But that voice... that voice... last night was so insistent that logging into Facebook a second time to change my profile picture was completely justifiable. I had just hit my Camp NaNo word count goal, after all... I needed to celebrate, right? Luckily, I talked myself back out of it before I did, choosing to wait until this morning when I logged on for my once daily to do it.

That voice was so sure that winning Camp NaNo was an urgent need, something that would lose luster if I waited any time at all to post about it. It was painful denying myself... but if I hadn't, I wouldn't really be able to continue this challenge. I would have failed. Because the whole point is that there's nothing that urgent. Sure winning Camp NaNo is important, but because it's important to ME, not because of the validation I'd get by posting about it for likes. It can wait. I can wait.