THE WEEKLY BREW: Not Only…

Between homework, sick days, and other projects, I only added just over 5k to the novella last week. Which puts me about 11k behind where I wanted to be at this point in the month.

A few thoughts…

• I only feel guilty about this because I have a self-imposed schedule to stick to and I’m starting to feel the pressure of falling behind
• But…I’m also sort of ahead of the game by drafting this book right now, when I have it on my schedule to start writing it in the spring

I know this ‘feeling behind” business probably doesn’t make sense given what I said above. But I wanted to get ahead, since this will be my first time self-publishing anything other than my zine – hence the deadline pressure.

I also need to stop thinking I “only” wrote this much. I wrote! Every word down on the page is a good one. I feel like I put a lot of pressure on myself (we all do, am I right?), but I’m a firm believer that any progress toward one’s goals is good.

So, even if our output doesn’t live up to our expectations, we all need to stop with the self-deprecation.

I’ll try to do better for myself. I hope you will too!