Liz and I made Soon Tofu together for dinner tonight, and got boba while we picked up the ingredients. It was lovely. The doc we watched wasn’t great, but it was still a perfect evening.
Burned out writing today. Hit a wall. But that’s okay. It happens. I’ll make up some ground tomorrow and Sunday. We’ll get there. I have faith. It’s going well, truly. I’m enjoying what I’m writing. Again, what a relief in that regard. I don’t know what I’d do if I was really fighting this story. It’d be very very stressful.
Work was finally quiet. Finally. I think I might be over the hump on this work project, this sizzle. Delivery looks like it will happen Monday, right on time, which is definitely satisfying to see. It’s a good end product, too, I think it’s really really cool.
Just in the middle of it right now, guys. The grind. Been grinding for a while now and ready to be past it. Not my favorite state to be in, for sure. I like to go slower, take my time. I’m still trying to find the happy medium, the sweet spot between taking my time but also getting stuff done. There will be periods, obviously, where I have to buckle down and get the work done. But those periods can be fewer and further between than they have been this year. Still, this will be the first time I’ve written two books in a year. That was always going to be a stretch. Always. It was unavoidable that I’d be pushed outside of my comfort zone, and here we are. It makes sense. I’m not mad about it. Just tired, lol.
I’ve learned/am learning, too, about how to listen to fatigue. And also how much more push I really do have inside of me most of the time. Sometimes I can ignore the fatigue and just keep going. Other times I have to give in and stop in order to attack again the next day. I’m not completely consistent. I can get pretty close to the same routine and the same output every day, but not entirely. There’s usually one day a week, I’d say, where I burn out. And then I push extra on another day or the weekend to make it up. So…that’s interesting. It works, though. So long as I’m close enough to my goal for the week, I’ll get there.
Anyway…fascinating stuff, huh. Lol. I’m sure it isn’t. But it is what’s rolling around in my head tonight. That and Star Wars Despecialized artwork, which I’m trying to nail down perfectly. I’ve realized I want two sets of it, maybe even three. Sigh. We’ll see. It’s a fun project, though. Very very fun. I look forward to having more time to indulge in it soon, when this book is done.
Night night.