Howdy folks, how are we all doing this morning?

Last week was a good weeks writing although it did fizzle out a little towards the end of the week. That was in part to work hours but also to being hit by a head cold. I managed to poke myself in the eye at work with a bit of cardboard (don’t ask! lol) and then next day dropped a can of beans on my foot. That may not seem that dramatic but it smacked a toe dead on the lip of the lid. It still aches a little now.

Insomnia also hit me quite hard last week. I know what triggered it and it’s something that’s a little out of my hands but that doesn’t mean I can’t do anything to try and counter it. I’m going to work on figuring out how to counter act the trigger and see what works.

Back to the writing though. I think I’m about 30 hours plus for the month now, I’m really happy with that because it shows me I’ve been consistent even when I feel like I’ve been erratic with writing. What I mean by that is I do a loose plan of how much time I want to spend writing each day. Some day’s I hit it, other days I fly past it while some I barely register. Like yesterday for example, as I was going to be at work for the bulk of the day I just listed ‘write during break’ Some day’s that’ll be a hundred words, other days it’ll be three hundred. It depends on the length of my break, if I have to do any shopping during my break, how much food I’m eating, other people in the break room, and so on. Yesterday was when this head cold kinda hit home and I felt very sluggish at times. So when I count up my words from yesterday I’m not expecting to have knocked out too many. But that’s okay. Some days will be like that. What I’m trying to do is build up this consistency, acting like this is what I want it to be, a second job. I do need to balance this expectation around my family and my primary job but I can make time to make that happen. It’s slipping into that mindset and making it permanent that is required of me at the moment.

I’ve always know I’m my worst enemy, but now I feel like I’m capable to challenging myself and making me stand up and do this writing game. Because I love doing it.

Right folks, have an awesome week. I’ve got words to write.