Today was loooooong 😛
The one thing about doing these narrations is that I don’t get to put anything on in the background – music, netflix, etc. It’s just narrating 24/7, no distractions. That really takes it out of you. I can only do them for about an hour and a half at any given stretch, and then I have to take a break.
The *good* thing about doing narrations is that I’m almost able to make $100 an hour doing it…so that makes up for needing to take the breaks. I did a full days worth of hours today, and made just about twice what I’d make in a normal editing day. That’s…dope. We’re going to hit our savings goal, the Ho and I. If everything goes right, we might actually exceed it.
That is one thing I am really, really proud of this year, hitting this savings goal. For reals. I put a pin in it all the way back in April, stretched it out all the way to the end of the year, and calculated it if everything went the way I’d planned, I’d be just where we’re about to be right now. It worked. I placed a target, and I didn’t take my eyes off it. That’s me at my best and my most content, placing a target and hitting it.
I can do that with my novel writing as well. The power is at my finger tips, I can self publish the end product, which means I can set my target and hit it, all by myself. No waiting on anyone else. It’s something I need in my life, and I’m so glad to have finally “found” it.
Speaking of! I was so anxious today about whether or not I was going to actually follow through with a full work day of narrations, that I jumped on them first thing after breakfast and walks with the pups, and I *didn’t* do my writing first thing. Mistake. It didn’t get done today. It’s just another reinforcing example of the lesson I continue to learn: writing has to come first. It has to. I find if I do that, not only does the editing work flow more easily, but I more often come back and do even more work later in the day.
So, it will happen first thing tomorrow morning. Right now…I’m wiped. Like, wiped. Out. Barely keeping me eyes open right now. Had a little bourbon and played Skyrim for about an hour before doing nighttime routine with the pups, and it’s working like sleepy juice. Let’s be real, it’s not the bourbon. I have literally a sip of that stuff, just for the taste. It’s like a beer, I would never drink more than a half of one if I were to have one with dinner. I like it for the taste. I know, I’m weird. No…the sleepiness tonight is purely from a very, very long day of grueling work. Not physically, except on my poor throat and vocal cords, but mentally sapping.
I got nothing else.
G’night.