Superstition Mountains, Arizona
Photo Credit: Doree Weller
I moved over two months ago, and I haven’t gotten nearly as much done as I wanted to. I’d hoped to be further along in unpacking and writing than I am. I had set a goal to get my novel out to as many agents as possible, until I realized that my novel still needed some heavy editing. *sigh* I’ve just been “too” to get anything done. Too tired. Too busy. Too unmotivated. Too everything.
I expected last week, the first week of NaNoWriMo, to be more of the same. I was determined to keep going through the entire month, even if I didn’t meet the goal of 50,000 words, just not to give up. I was also determined to get some things done around the house.
I was pleasantly surprised to feel motivated and to get more done than I expected to. The unpacking went well, and so did working on my novel. I’m forcing myself to work on it even when I don’t want to, and it will definitely need rewriting, but at least I’m getting the skeleton on paper, which is the point of NaNoWriMo. I also managed to do some editing on my completed novel. My writer’s group gave me positive feedback, and I feel really good about the edits. I’m changing some minor things in the novel to make it better. Finally, I feel like I’m on the right track.
Getting things done feels good, and for the first time in two months, I actually feel like I’m off work. I haven’t worked a job for pay since the beginning of August, but I’ve been so busy and stressed that I haven’t felt like I had any “time off.” Now, it’s finally starting to feel that way.
As an added bonus, I’ve decided to try doing yoga again. I did my first session last night, and it was wonderful! At first I had trouble keeping up (for those of you who don’t use yoga, it moves faster than you’d think), but once I got into the groove, I feel like I did pretty well. I got a very good workout and I stretched out all those achy muscles. Of course, I have new aches today, but that’s the good workout kind of ache.
Maybe I didn’t get started as quickly as I wanted, but I’m finally doing all the things I wanted to do during my time “off.” The clock is ticking until it will be time to go back to work, so I’m making the most use of this time that I can!
Doree Weller 