I’m already wondering whether or not I like this format. It feels clinical – like my mood trackers. I acknowledge that I should be assessing my day every day, but I wish it had a more organic feel to it. Maybe I just feel that way tonight because I didn’t really do anything all day so ordinarily I wouldn’t be posting at all, so there is that advantage to this format.
Highest Points of the Day
- seeing my Dad’s face light up when Tuxedo Cat gave him a painting of an autumn tree from art class – okay Tuxedo Cat’s face lit up too when my dad framed it and hung it up
Lowest Points of the Day
- realizing I spent most of the day doing nothing
Things I Got Done Today
- set up a Twitter account for the blog finally – ran into a crap ton of problems with the setup process for some reason, but it’s done and now I have another avenue to connect with people
- also purchased a business plan for the blog, but I’m undecided what the custom domain name should be
What I Would Have Done Differently If I Could
- not sure, my body physically hurts so I’m going to assume that taking a break and getting rest was the best thing for me to do today – just a bummer that it’s going to kill my word count for NaNoWriMo
Tomorrow’s To-Do List
- mostly just a waiting game on the stuff for this list
- I ought to find the number for the legal office at the reserve base
- KEEP WRITING – damn, it feels really hard to do this today
Concerns
- things are starting to point toward a depressive slide and I feel like I’m slogging through my brain just to put words down to paper
- still stuck on Prompt #12 and found the random music playlist I put together in advance is not fitting the direction my novel decided to take – it’s distracting rather than motivating, I seem to recall last year switching over to Lindsey Stirling despite her music not fitting the genre of the book, it did the trick for me
- I’m working on a scene where I’d like it to feel suspenseful and mysterious with potential danger, but I’m having a hard time finding music that “lights my fire” and gets the gears rolling again
- doesn’t help that my internet connection has been wonky all day so streaming music has been almost impossible – wishing I hadn’t packed all my CDs into storage now, I don’t have much in the way of music stored on my desktop – probably ought to fix that… someday
The only thing I can say is that I’d like you to stop putting down what you would do differently. It feels a little like you are punishing yourself for not doing things “right”
That struck a chord, but in a good way. I don’t think I need to be feeding the beast that is maladaptive perfectionism.
Exactly