...the carrots aren't totally floppy this week, so I'll be able to have carrots and Pak Choi for my first celebratory lunch on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, carrots for the rest of the week and then I've got either 2 apples or an apple and an easy peeler for each tea too, so it'll be an easy re-introduction to eating properly again next week, instead of picking at chocolate and crisps lol
My last two pills of the week have been popped and I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes.
Nite nite orl
...12,000 words in 12 chapters left to write in 2 days then it's all done and dusted.
I think, in the next couple of chapters or so, I'm gonna start talking about my difficulties as an adult so they could, potentially, be the most difficult chapters to write because they are more current than the chapters I've written so far.
Gotta remember to use the Read Aloud thing on Tuesday after typing the final full stop, then I can have a very long soak in a very hot, very lavendar scented, very bubbly bath for the first time this month.
I'm so proud of myself for having written 51,000 words in only 8 days.
...I've officially won Non-NaNo again, so just another 13,000 words in 13 chapters to go before the entire manuscript is written.
...18,000 words in 18 chapters left to write, then that's another Non-NaNo novel done and dusted. I'm up to 45,000 words, so I'll officially hit the goal tomorrow, but the manuscript is destined to be 63,000 words which will see me through to Tuesday when I can sit back and celebrate.
I haven't had any caffeine this week and I won't be until I put the final full stop into my manuscript, but I wanna try and go 2 weeks without caffeine if I can, so I just need to get through Wednesday to Saturday without giving in, then that'll be something else to celebrate.
Time to crack open today's reward now methinks.
I've now officially written today's 6 chapters, so I've got 24 left to go then it's officially done and dusted. I'm on track for writing my last word in exactly 4 days' time then I can breathe.
I wanna put it through the reading thing in Word to be sure it all actually makes sense rather than me reading words that I think are there, but I haven't actually written in reality. I won't be editing it, it really will just be for sense-making until the first edit.
I'm on the home stretch of the marathon now and the final corner is in sight, so I've just gotta aim for that this weekend, then around the corner ready for the final sprint home on Monday and Tuesday.
Some bits have been tough going, but, like with my previous two memoirs, I needed to say those things so that I could let go of that bit of my past and put it to rest.
I've passed the final mile marker so I've just gotta keep putting one foot in front of the other as I approach the last bend now.
I'm guessing I'll have written my 50k words on Sunday, but the manuscript is for 63k words, so I've gotta keep writing past that too. Assuming I do hit the 50k on Sunday, I'll only be a day over my PB which is pretty good going I reckon, considering I haven't written constantly from wake up to bedtime this year.
I'm feeling pretty proud of myself so far.
...finished writing for the day.
I'm up to chapter 34 so I've only got 29k left to write then that's it all done and dusted for another year.
I'm gonna go and grab my reward, then my lunch, then my lunctime pill then veg out for the rest of today.
I think I've found my sweet spot at writing 6k a day and getting it all finished in plenty of time without putting my life on hold too much, so I'm pretty proud of that.
...half way through the entire manuscript and therefore non-NaNo.
It's officially lunchtime, but I haven't finished today's 6k yet and I'm not hungry, so gonna do another chapter, then reward myself, then have my lunch and come back to the modern day instead of the early 90s again lol
...go 2 full weeks without a drop of caffeine??
This week and the start of next week has been and will be easy because I don't have caffeine when I write, but starting on Wednesday (a week today) it could be a challenge.
I've felt better without it for the last 4 days, but I've also been so knackered all day that I'm craving the awake feeling that it gives me too.
I wanna go as long as I can without caffeine, but am I pushing myself too hard and too fast by suddenly going without any for 2 weeks or is that a good thing?
...NaNo and JanNo participation days/weeks, I'm determined to eat at least 2, ideally 3 proper meals a day.
Gonna start off every day with either toast (in cool weather) or Weetabix (in hot weather) and juice, then a protein and at least one vegetable for lunch then either fruit or soup for tea.
Snacking and drinking whatever I want, whenever I want is fine, but my first target is to eat 3 proper meals.
I've done it before, just before I started NaNo this year, so I know it's possible and getting the healthy goodies into me with fruit and veg really makes my body work at its best, so I'm gonna make a determined effort after I finish NaNo hopefully next week.
I'm expecting to screw up and stuff and that's totally OK, I'm just gonna take it slow and steady to build up to fully healthy meals every day that I'm not writing or editing.
...6,000 words written, so I can have my reward, then my lunch, then come back into the present again until bedtime tonight.