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harukami about my current lack of productivity, and I basically said "I need to devise a guilt and/or reward system or I'm never going to get out of this rut." Which is--sadly very true! I've kind of settled into my apartment now, and there's both more and less stuff to do without a roommate around, which means that I spend a lot of my evenings curled up on the couch with the TV for ambient noise and ... rather than writing or RPing or anything productive, I have hit this consumptive cycle where I am just reading a lot. And I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, but it's not really where I want to be, either!
SO. I am going to try taking a leaf fromsjen's book, as she is my senpai and it is something that would work for me! SO. It's not the beginning of the year, nor is it my birthday (which are the two times when I would normally MAKE resolutions, but waiting for it will only compound the problem), but it is the beginning of the week, so let's try this.
I will attempt to write at least 1000 words a week from here, July 6th, to July 6th 2010. On Sundays I will post a weekly status report (and leave a note to myself to actually do so), and when I say 1000 words, I don't mean RP or twittering or blog posts--but actual fiction/plotting something--in which I will provide at least an excerpt of the stuff(s) I've been working on. I should do this separate from anything I write withharukami (since we are currently working on something and that feels kind of like cheating XD).
Should I fail to do this, I will give away a $10 Amazon or LJ gift certificate to the first person who comments when I post a failure week.
The caveat to this is that I will, like Senpai did, allow myself five (5) freebie weeks, as I know for a fact that I will get very little done for one week in August (when people descend upon Seattle), the week of my birthday (whenenough_space visits me ♥) and just general--life and blah and accounting for illnesses or whatever.
I am incredibly serious about this, because I really do need something to actually kick my ass and get me working again. Wish me luck. :(b
harukami about my current lack of productivity, and I basically said "I need to devise a guilt and/or reward system or I'm never going to get out of this rut." Which is--sadly very true! I've kind of settled into my apartment now, and there's both more and less stuff to do without a roommate around, which means that I spend a lot of my evenings curled up on the couch with the TV for ambient noise and ... rather than writing or RPing or anything productive, I have hit this consumptive cycle where I am just reading a lot. And I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing, but it's not really where I want to be, either!SO. I am going to try taking a leaf from
sjen's book, as she is my senpai and it is something that would work for me! SO. It's not the beginning of the year, nor is it my birthday (which are the two times when I would normally MAKE resolutions, but waiting for it will only compound the problem), but it is the beginning of the week, so let's try this.I will attempt to write at least 1000 words a week from here, July 6th, to July 6th 2010. On Sundays I will post a weekly status report (and leave a note to myself to actually do so), and when I say 1000 words, I don't mean RP or twittering or blog posts--but actual fiction/plotting something--in which I will provide at least an excerpt of the stuff(s) I've been working on. I should do this separate from anything I write with
harukami (since we are currently working on something and that feels kind of like cheating XD).The caveat to this is that I will, like Senpai did, allow myself five (5) freebie weeks, as I know for a fact that I will get very little done for one week in August (when people descend upon Seattle), the week of my birthday (when
enough_space visits me ♥) and just general--life and blah and accounting for illnesses or whatever.I am incredibly serious about this, because I really do need something to actually kick my ass and get me working again. Wish me luck. :(b