Of new beginnings, endorphins, and novels
I'm still in the job hunt--things fall through, new things open up, and so on. I am becoming better at keeping my emotions level and not letting myself get on the roller coaster of hope, dread, and disappointment. We'll see. At the moment I am totally exhausted from 24 hours in NYC (I got in at 10 last night) then up at 6 to drive to Chicago, interview, and come back.
One awesome opportunity unemployment has given me is the time to do new things. Like making graphics. Or working out--I am becoming an exercise maniac because if I can't control whether I get an interview, at least I can control my body. I am grateful for that. And I can actually see and feel results.
And third: National Novel Writing Month! I know a few of you are doing it. I wasn't going to social network about it for fear of failure, but then I decided that was silly. So I'm erture over there too, and would love your friendship. I'm not going strictly by the book (HA) because I just want to write 50,000 words of anything, so I'm counting all writing except journally blog posts like this one, but I'm going to do as much as possible of a novel idea I've been kicking around for a while. Right now I have 212 words.
One awesome opportunity unemployment has given me is the time to do new things. Like making graphics. Or working out--I am becoming an exercise maniac because if I can't control whether I get an interview, at least I can control my body. I am grateful for that. And I can actually see and feel results.
And third: National Novel Writing Month! I know a few of you are doing it. I wasn't going to social network about it for fear of failure, but then I decided that was silly. So I'm erture over there too, and would love your friendship. I'm not going strictly by the book (HA) because I just want to write 50,000 words of anything, so I'm counting all writing except journally blog posts like this one, but I'm going to do as much as possible of a novel idea I've been kicking around for a while. Right now I have 212 words.