I'm sure that all of you have been waiting with bated breath to learn about my NaNoWriMo progress, to which I say: 22,012 words. Which, although more fiction than I have written the past year or possibly two or three, is not even halfway to 50,000, which is where I need to be exactly 19 days from now.
I will allow, though, that I am a little ahead of schedule -- by necessity, since I know the end of the month will be tricky -- and I am a little proud of the 70+ pages of truly bad prose I have written. Most importantly, I am having a damn good time doing it (despite the whining after I come home from a long day in the coal mines to sit down at a different computer with a different blank screen and waiting cursor). This is really pretty great, actually.
In the meantime (what meantime?) I've been crafting my 32 for 32 goals and have hit a roadblock. I think the problem is that my real goals this year are mostly in the not-achievable range; they're things like "probably move and start looking for a job in a new place but maybe not so learn to live with the uncertainty." That makes me want even more to create a list of manageable goals for myself, ones I can have control over finishing or not. Here's what I have so far:
Finish NaNoWriMo.
Get NaNoWriMo manuscript copy from CreateSpace.
Edit the results of NaNoWriMo.
Volunteer at the public library.
Write & publish another LJ column.
Finish the damn sweater.
Learn to knit colorwork.
Learn to knit cables.
Go on a 15-mile bike ride.
Go to at least three yoga classes.
Take kayaking class.
Graduate with current GPA.
Pay off X amount of loans before graduation.
Liquidate CD for loan purposes.
Figure out what happened with final internship credit.
Join the ALA mentorship program (unless you discover it sucks).
Do something fun with library people before graduation.
Visit one new state or country with J.
Visit with S. in Ithaca or NYC.
Go without caffeine for a month.
Go completely vegetarian for two weeks during lent with H.
Read one significant work of nonfiction.
Read East of Eden.
Write in journal every day for a month.
Clean out office closet.
Bake three recipes from new bread cookbook.
Take lunch to work for two weeks straight.
Throw caution to the wind three times.
See a play in Ithaca.
That's only 29, and I am totally out of steam. Anyone else have any ideas? I'm open.
3 comments:
One trip with J + something impulsive = QATAR!!!! :) As for a work of nonfiction, read Half the Sky. I thought I would devour it -- and I am -- but it's also just devastating. It's impacted by mood, my dreams, everything. But it's a call to action, and a book I think every one should read. Meanwhile, I love that you'll be here soon!
Yes! Yes. OK, Qatar is on the list. I am really truly serious about that.
(And I can't wait to see you soon too!)
Um, how about visit Kelly in sunny California? Did I mention that it's sunny here? Seriously. Now that I'm almost finished with school someone needs to come see me. You know you want to...
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