Man, it’s been a busy week–and a busy weekend! The days are really flying by, and it seems like I’ve got a hundred more things to do than I’m capable of doing. To complicate things, probably the biggest stress on me right now is finishing this novel…
I think I can finish it by April 25th…I hope that I can…I know that I seriously have a chance that I can…but I’m really anxious that I won’t. And this is a really important goal to me, too. Kind of like a place where I’m taking my last stand. I always fail to accomplish my other goals, but this one…this one is different.
For that reason, this past week has really stressed me out. I just haven’t had the time to write. I think I put in at least something every day, but most days it was well under 1,000 words. On Thursday, when I had that really huge poli sci paper, it was only like ten. :blush:
But today was different. Today I secluded myself in the FLSR laundry room and chugged out 1,673 words in an hour. To my surprise, it actually came kind of easy. I think the reason was that there weren’t other people around. Earlier in the week, I would stop by the capitol house, hoping to get my writing in there…and then I’d get distracted by hanging out with all my friends.
So, what did I learn? The best way to write is to put as much distance between yourself and other people as you can!
There was a ton of other cool stuff that happened. I had Easter dinner with my sister’s fiance’s family. There was a quark writing group on Saturday, and that was fun. I read some genuinely interesting academic articles for PLSC 310, all about bureaucracy, how it forms, how it evolves and grows, and how it leads to the fall of empires. I finished Twilight. I saw Spirited Away (awesome movie! I <3 Miyazaki!).
And besides all that, I just had a general good time. Life is good.
Sorry I don’t have anything particularly cool to link to. Next time.
