I had a nice Thanksgiving. Then I started my Christmas shopping at 8pm on Thanksgiving evening and stopping only for two 3-hour naps, shopped until 9pm on Black Friday. Went back at it all day Saturday and into the evening until I could barely stand up. I love Christmas shopping! I should be a professional shopper, I love the hustle and bustle that makes so many other people groan. I love the challenge of finding just the right gift and getting the best price in town. Although by Saturday night I was insisting that I'm getting too old for this. It's more exhausting than I remembered.
Today I spent writing my novel and trying to psych myself into coming down for a landing. The creative place in the sky where I've been living this month has been a wonderful place to visit but isn't a sustainable residence. It's a good thing this competition is only one month long. I couldn't keep this pace up any longer than that.
I wish the NaNoWriMo competition weren't in November. It would be much easier on me if it were in September or October. I usually start my holiday stuff (shopping, designing cards, baking, etc.) in mid November. Putting that stuff off till the end of the month puts me a good two weeks behind and running to catch up. I love Christmas. It's the only thing I really enjoy about winter. I feel a little cheated having to sacrifice holiday time to writing. But I knew the situation going into it and made the decision to write anyway. I don't regret it but I am ready to transition into holiday mode. At least I'm going from one thing I enjoy to another. I'm counting my blessings and finding I have many.
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Call me the master procrastinator. I put off shopping for Christmas until the very, very last minute every single year. BTW, I've reserved the first week of December for reading your novel. ;-)
ReplyDelete~ Lee
Lee you're in luck! You can move your Christmas shopping up to the first week in December. National Novel Editing Month (NaNoEdMo) isn't until March so my novel won't be ready for reading until at least the beginning of April ;-)
ReplyDeleteI mentioned in my blog that I wanted to participate in NaNoWriMo, but I wisely talked myself out of it this year. I'm awed that you participated - and not once but twice!
ReplyDelete"You can move your Christmas shopping up to the first week in December. National Novel Editing Month (NaNoEdMo) isn't until March so my novel won't be ready for reading until at least the beginning of April ;-)"
ReplyDeleteNo!No!No! Say it ain't so! ;-)
~ Lee
I'm all for forming a splinter NaNoWriMo group to undertake a novel in a month other than November. Summer. I say summer.
ReplyDeleteOf course, this year, tho I began the year resolving to do NaNoWriMo, such was not to be.