Friday, July 8, 2016

Update

This is perhaps a more relevant post to me than anyone else, as I'm fairly certain that of the few people who read my blog, no one reads it daily. That being said, my writing this is of much importance to me for a number of reasons, so you'll have to excuse me for not writing fiction today, and instead electing to update you a little about the state of the blog.

When I set out to make this blog, my goal was to write every day, and my only time limit was midnight. It was supposed to be an incentive for me to write daily, and to give myself some wiggle room on getting my writing done in the day. And it very much so served its purpose. However, like most things I do, I very quickly fell into waiting until the last possible minute to do my writing, which lead to me frequently hitting post at 11:59. Which was problematic for a number of reasons that I imagine are quite obvious.

Recently, my life has gotten a little crazy, and not necessarily in the good way. But, thanks to that, I've found myself inspired to make changes that I really should have made a long time ago. On the levels of fitness, health, music, and most importantly writing, I intend over the next days, weeks, and months to work at bettering myself. Some of these I've already begun working on. A few months ago I decided that I would do my exercising at 4, in order to give myself a set time to do so with enough time after I got off from work to rest, rejuvenating my legs from the eight hours of standing and regaining some of my energy. Last week, I drastically changed my diet to combat the fat that has accumulated on my body which has irritated me to no end for well over a year. A few days ago I picked up my guitar for the first time in a couple years.

And, starting today, I intend to change my writing schedule for the blog. Not to stop doing daily writing, as I would gain nothing from doing so and lose much, but to change my time limit from midnight to 4. You may notice that that's the same time that I chose for my exercising. By having something set as my end point - my time for working out - I'm hoping to create incentive for me to write earlier. This way I'm not stressing about it later in the day, and keeping myself up later than I want in order to finish.

I cannot and will not promise that this will improve the quality of my writing. But, seeing as I will be more awake when I'm doing my writing, and I should hopefully be able to get more sleep, I'm hopeful that that will be happy consequence. At any rate, it should afford me more time and less stress throughout my day, which if it does not affect the blog directly, should at least affect my own happiness.

It's also worth noting quickly that the 4 o'clock timing is based on my current job, which I don't expect to last me more than a few more months. After that, the timing will more than likely change, though I don't anticipate writing another post like this to speak about it. But I will do my best to adjust my timings when that happens, so as not to revert back to where I was before.

Here's hoping.

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