Then yesterday came. And went. And no words. No WRITTEN words. Not on the story, at least.
But I did accomplish these things:
- voted (important)
- went to my PO Box and picked up mail (Bed, Bath and Beyond catalog)
- trimmed the three bushes in front of my house (now Clio and Calliope can better see out - me, too)
- weed-eated my front lawn and rid my front lawn of a lot of dead stuff (long overdue)
- edited 30 pages of a novel plus three short stories for an upcoming anthology
- checked and wrote a lot of emails (daily task)
- checked the sales numbers on books (I'm addicted to the numbers)
- and watched Dancing with the Stars
Procrastination, pure and simple.
What, say you? That I accomplished a lot? That these things needed to be done? That my day was full and busy already? Pshaw. Excuses. Bottom line is, I didn't make it a priority. I chose other things. I did not make room. I failed Day Two of NaNoWriMo and now on my web page it says: 2 unsuccessful days (you know, because I didn't actually make the Day 1 goal either).
So now, with all of you as my witness, I vow I will do better today. Okay, so I'm off....
3 comments:
Aw Madz! You'll get in the swing of it. My plan was to start writing this morning as soon as the kids got on the bus, but instead I had to drag out the vacuum and the power steamer to clean up a soda spill where one of the kids knocked over a glass hubby left on the coffee table before he left for work this morning. Le Sigh!
I've barely made my totals for the first 2 days and technically, I have 1 successful and 1 unsuccessful because I forgot to post my word count on the first day before I went to bed that night. I'm keeping track of you and I KNOW you can do this. ;o)
I only managed to get 800+ words written yesterday, but it was really just after midnight so it probably should count as part of Monday's work. I had the grandbabe (school was out) and intended to write after he went to bed, but I got caught up in watching election returns ... till 3 am this morning. LOL
I'm scheduling my writing time for this evening after the boy's mom picks him up. Hubs knows to leave me alone, or else. ;p
Words! I have words to add. Thanks, Taryn and Patricia for your input! It helps knowing you all are doing this, too. Okay, I do have some words today but the site appears to be sluggish. I guess that is normal? I'll add them later. Maybe I'll have more!
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