Finding the motivation to continue
This is the first time I ever made it through the 
snowflake_challenge during the actual time frame it was running! I was always so glad it emphasized it was no pressure, do if you want to and when you are able. My kind of challenge!
But! I really did want to try and keep some motivation - I know that if I don't have something to commit to or some kind of goal post, putting it off for 1 day becomes 3 days becomes 3 weeks becomes 3 months. Because hello, Shad, thy middle name is procrastination.
I was NOT GOING TO COMMIT TO ANY WRITING GOALS other than my
trope_bingo card, a fic for
romancingmcshep and finishing SGA/HP xover fic.
HAHAHAH FOOLISH MORTAL! Because I kept seeing these banners for
getyourwordsout and I thought about doing it, and then thought, "Naw, don't be foolish!" And then I saw it AGAIN and thought, "naw..." and then today, I saw one that said LAST CHANCE and I...
Well.
Lost my mind, apparently, because I signed up. Seriously, what is WRONG with me? Oi.
I looked at the word count pledges and immediately panicked - the lightest one is 75K in a year, and I can feel myself wanting to hyperventilate at the thought. Of course... technically, I got more than 1/3 the way to that with what I wrote in my xover last year... anyway. For the sake of what little sanity I possess, I signed up for the Apprentice level Habit Pledge. I figured I can promise to write for 120 days in the year. If I set aside at least one hour dedicated to writing each day every weekend, Fri-Sun, that should do it. Since I so often write late, that's pretty much a two for one. Imma take what I can get.
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snowflake_challenge during the actual time frame it was running! I was always so glad it emphasized it was no pressure, do if you want to and when you are able. My kind of challenge!
But! I really did want to try and keep some motivation - I know that if I don't have something to commit to or some kind of goal post, putting it off for 1 day becomes 3 days becomes 3 weeks becomes 3 months. Because hello, Shad, thy middle name is procrastination.
I was NOT GOING TO COMMIT TO ANY WRITING GOALS other than my
trope_bingo card, a fic for
romancingmcshep and finishing SGA/HP xover fic.
HAHAHAH FOOLISH MORTAL! Because I kept seeing these banners for
getyourwordsout and I thought about doing it, and then thought, "Naw, don't be foolish!" And then I saw it AGAIN and thought, "naw..." and then today, I saw one that said LAST CHANCE and I...
Well.
Lost my mind, apparently, because I signed up. Seriously, what is WRONG with me? Oi.
I looked at the word count pledges and immediately panicked - the lightest one is 75K in a year, and I can feel myself wanting to hyperventilate at the thought. Of course... technically, I got more than 1/3 the way to that with what I wrote in my xover last year... anyway. For the sake of what little sanity I possess, I signed up for the Apprentice level Habit Pledge. I figured I can promise to write for 120 days in the year. If I set aside at least one hour dedicated to writing each day every weekend, Fri-Sun, that should do it. Since I so often write late, that's pretty much a two for one. Imma take what I can get.
This entry was originally posted at https://shaddyr.dreamwidth.org/400214.html. Please comment wherever you want.