Mistress of Wasting Time

[delphi]

Dear Self,

You have two to three stories you're supposed to be finishing before the end of the month. Why then have you started a fourth? (Answer: because the idea of a certain two A:TLA characters being all brooding and horny and hermit-y together is delicious).

Also, you've had a week off. Why did you get nothing useful done? (Answer: because you slept a lot and revelled in Not Being At Work.)

*eyes the calendar* Okay, I can still pull this off. But I have learned that my "the more I have to do, the more I get done" philosophy has its limits.

Comments

[kelly_chambliss]

my "the more I have to do, the more I get done" philosophy has its limits.

I hope the limits aren't too tight, because I am currently operating under this very policy. I spent Sunday writing myself into various corners to the tune of 2500 words, and I have to scrap them all. For a story due next week. Argh.

I hope you at least enjoyed yourself in the do-nothing week off. That in itself is doing something.

[delphi]

My limit is, apparently, something a good deal short of 25 ficlets for Kink Bingo, two holiday exchange stories, a Big Bang novella, and attempting to rewrite a long-abandoned short novel in a five-month period on top of working and job-hunting. I think I may have to put off the abandoned novel until December if I want to survive doing NaNo in November.

The time off was a mixed bag, I suppose. Just before taking it, I was actually starting to think that maybe I didn't mind my current job so much. Then, of course, the callus wore off over the course of the week and now I'm really not looking forward to going back tomorrow...

Best of luck with your story.