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@yearoflivingproductively
Feb 25
Finished my work on Monday, now I wait until they get back to me with more work. I'm trying very hard to be productive with the rest of my life when I'm not currently working on anything. Today I used my Unf*** Your Habitat app to clean the kitchen. It gives you challenges with a timer. So now my dishes are all done and all surfaces including the floor are clean. Now I'm going to try to write on one of my novels and/or go read a book.
Feb 21
Still working on my projects. My book is 7300 words of 10K and due on Monday. Ugh. The editing job is almost done though. Made some turkey burgers tonight and I was out of frozen french fries. So I experimented with making my own and they were a success! No more frozen fries for us. It was so simple and such a good way of using leftover potatoes before they go bad. You can even freeze them and heat them up later just like storebought. Thinking about making mashed potatoes this week and attempting to make some gnocchi pasta. Never eaten it before but why not. I wish I could find a simple recipe to use them in. Any gnocchi recipes out there?
Feb 18
Yeah so it's a day late on this one. But I had a very good productive day yesterday. I have two big work projects, writing a weight loss ebook and editing a 50,000 word novel. Yesterday I turned on my timed blocking app that blocks sites for half an hour then gives you a ten minute break and repeats. My book is up to 4000 words and I edited 50 pages of 135. I really need to keep up the motivation. Yeah I haven't been doing so well on my actual Resolution for the year, but overall I'm working on the goals of being healthy, a clean apartment and productivity. Yesterday after getting all that work done I even folded the laundry that's been sitting for a couple of days and emptied the dishwasher before dinner. All of this snow really needs to go away so I can work on the healthy goal. After being snowed in for so long, I'm going to spend as much time outside this spring, summer and fall as I can. I want to take a walk every day that the weather is okay, and take a book outside to read, either on a bench or our balcony. I can't wait to be able to walk to the store again.
Writing Buddy?
So I've been working on this novel for like eight years. It's been through a lot of changes. I think I'm pretty close to finishing it (the ten millionth draft is done and I just keep tweaking it). That's where you come in. I need someone to read it and tell me what parts suck or what parts actually might be decent. Or you could tell me the whole thing sucks. That wouldn't be fun, but I'd appreciate the honesty. I'm not looking for just a beta reader exactly. I want to read your stuff too! I'm really good at plot critique, plot hole finding, or even just line editing if you want. The thing about my book is that it's kind of a romance, but I wouldn't put it in that genre exactly. It's also on the border of YA and New Adult. It isn't sexually explicit but some plots do revolve around it. From my writing page: The Reluctant Bridesmaid Novel Leigh Anne Morgan is the youngest of three sisters that has always lived in her sisters’ shadows. Now almost eighteen, she wants to know what secrets they’re hiding to help her navigate the adult world. If you're interested in becoming writing buddies or have any questions, send me an ask with a way to contact you, either through email or Skype (no phone calls or video). Thanks!
Note to self: never buy a latte after 6 pm if you don't have to be up late again. Even if you're near a Starbucks and have a gift card. On the plus side, it's 4 am and I just wrote over 1000 words.
Pros and Cons of...
Reasons I love being a freelance editor:
Get to stay at home.
No wasting time when there's no work, I can just do other things.
I get to read random stories.
No one looking over my shoulder all the time.
Reasons I hate my job:
People who have no business writing books write books.
Random, graphic sex scenes within the first twenty pages, especially when it's with a home intruder.
Seeing how many synonyms people come up with for male parts (meaty tube steak is my current favorite). Wait, is that a pro or a con?
Attempted to prune my lavender plant. It was turning brown so really it can't get any worse. Bonus: we have way too much snow outside.
Jan 15
Went to the doctor today. Got shots. Arms hurt. Have to get blood drawn. Ugh. But on the bright side, this is part of my New Years Resolution to Get Healthy.
Jan 13
I wrote a little bit tonight. I think I need to do more reading and get some inspiration back. Right now I'm reading: Written In My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon (Christmas present from my love) Entering Normal by Anne D LeClaire (summer flea market find) In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (gave it to my dad last summer for his birthday and he hasn't read it yet so I borrowed it)
Jan 9
I kinda fell off the wagon but not really. I've been pretty run down and not feeling well, I just didn't want to sit at my computer at all. I'm extending my habit goal of writing 500 words until it is truly a habit.
Jan 6
Not much to say. Did my 500 words for the day. I need to start doing it earlier.
Jan 5
I did it, I wrote 500 words tonight! I was thinking about having to get ready to go to bowling and that I should do that instead, but I sat and I churned out 500 words. Gotta keep that up. In other news, I'm working on the whole being adult thing by getting my tax stuff ready. It's so confusing because I'm self-employed. But I made a start and it turns out I may not have to pay as much as I was afraid of.
Jan 4
Didn't write today but it's my last free pass. Tomorrow we get back into the daily routine and I'm determined to be productive.
Jan 3
Wrote my 500 words today. It's kind of hard because I have so many stories going on at once. I can't concentrate on just one.
Jan 2
So I didn't write yesterday. I had a big editing project to finish for work. But while I was updating my blog and the 'Writing' section, I think I stumbled onto an idea for two of my novels I wasn't sure what to do with. I wrote two novels that cover the same basic story from two points of view. I think I want to combine them into one, switching back and forth between perspectives. It will take a bit of work but I think it will be good. Edit: Wrote 500 words tonight, kind of a stream of consciousness that may or may not make it into the novel it was meant for.
January 1, 2015
Alright, goals for the year. Every week I want to start a new habit, building on to the one before. I don't want to sit at my computer day after day, week after week, and have nothing to show for my time. I want to end the year with possibly all the books I'm currently working on finished (published would be better) and an effortlessly clean apartment. My three main goals are books, getting into a cleaning routine, and personal health and development.
Some of my weekly goals are going to be:
Write 500 words a day (or work for an hour on editing (or both)).
Read every day.
Exercise (even if it's a short yoga/stretching routine or walking to the store).
Shower every morning before getting caught up in doing stuff (plus personal grooming, eyebrows and such).
Clean the kitchen (and other rooms) once a week.
Study. Whether it's Duolingo or free classes online I'm going to try to keep up a habit of learning.
Just some basic goals to start out with. Since Jan 1st is on a Thursday, my first week will end at the end of next week. Writing is going to be my first official goal but I'll be working on others in the meantime. Gotta work on the 'blogging my progress' habit after all, and I can't leave off cleaning and showering until their weeks come up.
New Years Resolutions 2015
I'm trying a new tactic in 2015 for my productive living goals. I want to start a new habit for every week in the year. Some probably won't stick, but hopefully by the end of the year I'll have some new good habits. I want to work on writing every day, doing a little cleaning every day, emptying the dishwasher every morning (instead of once the dirty dishes have piled up). Exercising every day, whether it's just some stretching or going for a walk. Maybe by tackling one at a time I won't feel so overwhelmed.