Late last month I wrote about my goal of writing 50 thousand words this month as part of Digital Writing Month. Some 26 days later, I know that I won’t reach that goal; at least not in the way I had totally envisioned. Now, I could spend a lot of time feeling frustrated about this….but why? I created this goal for myself, during what I knew was going to be a busy and hectic month. The reality is that I was probably overly enthusiastic and perhaps even a little too ambitious.
So the question is this; by not reaching my original goal – have I failed? Perhaps yes….perhaps no. I’m not going to agonize over it. Instead, I’m celebrating the various things that I have done and that I will continue to do in the days to come. Below is a List.ly of a selection of the various things that I have been working on this month. Regardless of my word count, I’m producing content for various projects. I’m also being a lot more strategic in the way that I’m fitting everything together.
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Are you participating in Digital Writing Month? Will you reach your word goal?
I passed the 50,000 mark mid November. Approaching 68,000 I stopped tracking but in retrospect, should have been herding them better ~ too scattered from working on multiple and often unrelated digital projects. I already do a lot of digital writing and have been doing NaNoWriMo since 2004. Both were advantages (albeit sometimes double edged).
As you wrote, “I’m also being a lot more strategic in the way that I’m fitting everything together,” something long overdue and much needed. As amusing as different “digi games” were, this is my major takeaway. I hope the refit sticks…