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Eva’s Byte #296 – Maybe, Maybe Not!
Are you with me for rounding the bend to 2021, leaving miles of bad roads in 2020 behind us?
Typical for rounding the bend to a New Year, the notion of making resolutions for accomplishing a personal goal or dropping a bad habit.
Maybe. Maybe not.
This year, having already spent plenty of time self-isolating, I’ve worked on areas in need of personal improvement:
I’ve exercised more.
I’m super organized.
I’ve saved more money by staying home.
I’ve read more, having surpassed my pledge to read/review 25 books in the Goodreads Challenge. I can kiss this year good-bye with 31 books under my belt.
If I thought I could increase my word output by the end of each daily writing session to further advance my Contemporary WIP, I’d resolve to do it. But, it’s not how I roll as my own harshest critic. So, schlepping to the finish line, I am rounding the bend of Part 3, chapter 62 @ 1392 words thus far.
For now, I’m huddling under the mushroom cloud of this apocalyptic pandemic. When herd immunity from COVID-19 is achieved through widespread vaccination, I resolve to live life to the fullest gallivanting, and spending time with family. No two maybes about it!
May each of us round the bend to the New Year with brighter prospects looming in our horizons along unpaved roads ahead.
My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
Typical for rounding the bend to a New Year, the notion of making resolutions for accomplishing a personal goal or dropping a bad habit.
Maybe. Maybe not.
This year, having already spent plenty of time self-isolating, I’ve worked on areas in need of personal improvement:
I’ve exercised more.
I’m super organized.
I’ve saved more money by staying home.
I’ve read more, having surpassed my pledge to read/review 25 books in the Goodreads Challenge. I can kiss this year good-bye with 31 books under my belt.
If I thought I could increase my word output by the end of each daily writing session to further advance my Contemporary WIP, I’d resolve to do it. But, it’s not how I roll as my own harshest critic. So, schlepping to the finish line, I am rounding the bend of Part 3, chapter 62 @ 1392 words thus far.
For now, I’m huddling under the mushroom cloud of this apocalyptic pandemic. When herd immunity from COVID-19 is achieved through widespread vaccination, I resolve to live life to the fullest gallivanting, and spending time with family. No two maybes about it!
May each of us round the bend to the New Year with brighter prospects looming in our horizons along unpaved roads ahead.
My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
Eva’s Byte #297 - Crossing the Line
Having crossed the imaginary line bridging the last day of 2020 to the first day of 2021, I’m treading softly. Rather than setting goals which would only raise my anxiety levels to complete them, I’ve chosen to stay the course, letting the chips fall where they may.
Earlier in the week, without planning, I took it upon myself to wash the china and crystal stemware on display in my hutch. From there, I washed the bric-a-brac on the open shelves of a curio cabinet. On a roll, I proceeded to an antique bookcase, and did the same for items arranged on shelves behind the glass door.
While in the process of preparing for filing taxes, I cleaned out desk drawers and other storage units in my office.
As for crossing the line in bridging one chapter to the next of my current WIP, I completed Chapter 62 at 1955 words—after “only” two weeks! Under the brand new Chapter 63 heading, I poured close to 500 words during my brainstorming session. Without any forethought of a deadline in mind, I’ll cross the line for elevating gibberish to a literary work of art.
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” Coco Chanel
Cross the line when you’re ready to, in your own fashion.
*My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
Earlier in the week, without planning, I took it upon myself to wash the china and crystal stemware on display in my hutch. From there, I washed the bric-a-brac on the open shelves of a curio cabinet. On a roll, I proceeded to an antique bookcase, and did the same for items arranged on shelves behind the glass door.
While in the process of preparing for filing taxes, I cleaned out desk drawers and other storage units in my office.
As for crossing the line in bridging one chapter to the next of my current WIP, I completed Chapter 62 at 1955 words—after “only” two weeks! Under the brand new Chapter 63 heading, I poured close to 500 words during my brainstorming session. Without any forethought of a deadline in mind, I’ll cross the line for elevating gibberish to a literary work of art.
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” Coco Chanel
Cross the line when you’re ready to, in your own fashion.
*My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
