39 down,, 23 to go

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.

That's me officially...

...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.

I'm now, officially...

...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

Can I...

...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?

Other than...

...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.

That's today's...

...6,000 words written, so I can have my reward, then my lunch, then come back into the present again until bedtime tonight.

By about...

...this time tomorrow, I'll officially be half way through the entire 63,000 word manuscript, which I'm pretty proud of.

I won't quite beat my personal best of 50,000 words in 7 days, but I won't be far off it either!

Woops!

I've just finished draining a large mug of drinking chocolate and it's past my daily drink cut-off time of 4pm so I'm gonna be waking up desperate for a wee again after I go to bed, then it'll take me forever to get back to sleep again.  You'd think I'd've learnt by now lol

As of right now...

...I've officially written a third of the entire manuscript, which ain't so bad in 2½ days.

I've written the first 12½ years so far, which has hopefully set up the rest of the manuscript with all the basics and important information that's needed for the next 42,000 words.

I've also achieved my daily goal of 6,000 words so I'm gonna take my lunchtime pill and then enjoy my reward and see how many more chapters and words I can knock out before I head to bed tonight.

So far this morning I've...

...put in my next grocery order and written 4 chapters just in time for today's groceries to arrive at any time now.  I'm hoping that I'll have written a third of the book before I stop for lunch, then an extra couple of bonus chapters after lunch.

I'm determined to get this manuscript finished by the 10th at the latest this year, but we'll have to wait and see.

Loki is up to His tricks again 'cos my groceries arrived just as I finished that last sentence lol

I'm gonna have a protein snack then start writing my fifth chapter of the day, with hopefully no more interruptions lol