Tuesday, November 05, 2013

November is my favorite month!














This is not one of those annoying posts where I apologize for not writing. I really dislike those posts. This, instead, is a post wherein I tell you about November.

For starters, it's my birthday month, and if you get anything from the early years of this blog, it's how much we dig birthdays* around here. I've also got a few other things on my mind this month, including finalizing plans for a two-month paid sabbatical that starts at the beginning of January. Holy cow! I really don't know how this control freak is not going to work for that long.

As you can see from the badge above, I'm also doing the whole NANOWRIMO thing for the second year in a row (motivation to write this post = procrastination). I'm cheating a bit because my goal is to finish the first draft of the novel I started last year at this time. Rather than get all weird about it, I just found it helpful to spend this month concentrating on writing (and limit any overthinking). This book will likely be well over 50K words, so don't think I'm taking it easy on myself.

My third goal for this month is to finish writing my first business plan. I'm going to be ridiculously vague, but basically, I feel like I have a good idea worth turning into an actual thing. I (and people I've talked to about it) think it's a good enough idea to warrant an actual plan.

So, yeah, November holds good things. I'm thankful. Very, very thankful. Now to schedule in some sleep.


*However, unless you are in my current immediate circle, I am horrible about remembering dates. I need you to be the kind of friend who reminds me, and then I'll make it as special as possible.

5 comments:

  1. I know it's a lot different, but I stopped thinking about work by the time I got to my car before being off for two weeks.

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    1. I'm going to try my damnedest, but I'll admit to already having talked to our HR person about what happens if I need to just work a tiny bit. 98% of the stuff I'm good with ignoring or handing off, but my big project is like my baby. I don't want to come back to it dead or seriously screwed up. Perhaps all of this proves why I shouldn't have children.

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  2. Also, I love November. I'm sorry you have yucky weather today for your birthday. Stay inside!

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  3. Wow! You've got a lot going on! Go you!

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    1. We'll see how much I actually accomplish. Let's just say that I'm already feeling overwhelmed ;-)

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