Today is the third day of nano and the
first official write in of the season! (I never count the kick
off...not sure why. Could have something to do with the utter lack
of sleep)
I should be excited. Hell, I should be
ecstatic! There should be some jumping off of the walls going on,
huge grins, and barely contained energy that has the rest of the
world looking at me like I've just been let out of the loony bin.
Somehow, though, the day has fallen
flat.
Why? Well, the answer to that is
simple. You see, I'm working. My day job (For those of you
counting, yes I am planning doing 320,000 words while working a full
time job, but rest assured, I have taken the last two weeks of
November off. Both for the trip to San Francisco and to take some of
the pressure off...last year, though, there was no vacation...just
saying.)
I work at a registry. That means that
I spend my day doing things like handing out licenses, renewing
registrations and listening to people bitch to me about the speeding
ticket they got for doing ONLY 115 on deerfoot. It's not exactly the
most inspiring of atmospheres. In fact, it's the opposite of
inspiring.
To make matters worse, I got to stare
at the clock and see that everyone was already at the write in while
I was ordering people birth certificates and trying to explain why
you can't just switch over your Indian License to an Alberta one,
because there are rules and laws and policies in place that prevent
me from doing it.
All in all, I'm losing a little of the
nano spirit as I sit at my desk listening to the issues everyone is
having today. All I want to do is be at home (or better yet, the
library) writing away. Working to hit my 11k that is my goal for the
day.
Unfortunately, the day job is something
that I need to do in order to survive. As I'm not yet published, my
writing doesn't support me, and I need to pay the bills somehow.
So, in order to help ourselves feel
just a little better, my friend and I have decided to throw our own
little write in (it's just going to be the two of us). Neither of us
could attend today's event due to work, so we'll head down to our
usual Denny's and write up a storm all by ourselves.
Here's hoping I can hit my goal!!
Have you attended any of your
regions events this year?
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Daily Word Count: 7,151
Total Word Count: 34,834
I haven't been to any write-ins yet, but plan to do a couple. The problem I've had before (with regular write-ins, not necessarily NaNo related) is that they end up being social events more than anything. Which is fine, except that some people go with the pretense of writing and this hurts them.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you're pushing a boulder up a mountain without a forklift. The fact that you have over 60% of a normal NaNo word count and it's only three days in blows my mind. Keep up the great work and don't let the spirit-crushing job keep you down! You got this! Think of it this way: boulders are just grains of sand, but bigger.
Yes, write ins can be very social (especially here) so they're not always as productive as they could be. But, I find that really helpful with my goals. I love meeting new people, and talking to other people who are doing the same thing as me.
DeleteAnd thanks ^^ I'll get it done, I just have to stop procrastinating first...