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Update 20/09
Sep. 20th, 2022 11:45 amWriting
I suppose it was inevitable that after posting last time about what a good job I was doing of keeping up the writing habit, I would have a week of letting it slip. I've had a busy weekend of travel, and I'm feeling pretty wiped out from it - but I've got today slated as the day I get back into writing (and I have a writing group meetup this evening which will help me stick to that). Trying to be nice to myself about this - even the most dedicated of writers have off weeks, and sometimes you need to prioritise "sleep" and so on.
Reading
Actually read two new things over the weekend: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James and The Clocks by Agatha Christie. This is my first post-WWII Poirot book, and it feels very strange to read Christie in a 60s setting!
Craft
The jacket decorating continues, slowly. I decided to embroider a design on the back, using metallic thread and a patented "make it up as you go along, having never embroidered before" method. (I'm a bit nervous about the longevity of said design, given the technique or lack thereof, but hopefully it will work out.) This is an exercise in patience, which I do not typically have a lot of, but so far so good.
Life
Busy travel weekend may have been bad for writing habits, but it was good for taking a break from the various things over which I've been fretting. I'm off again for the latter half of this week, so I anticipate a couple of fretful days while I get my energy back, a few fret-free ones while I'm away again, and then hopefully next week I can start to find my equilibrium properly again.
I suppose it was inevitable that after posting last time about what a good job I was doing of keeping up the writing habit, I would have a week of letting it slip. I've had a busy weekend of travel, and I'm feeling pretty wiped out from it - but I've got today slated as the day I get back into writing (and I have a writing group meetup this evening which will help me stick to that). Trying to be nice to myself about this - even the most dedicated of writers have off weeks, and sometimes you need to prioritise "sleep" and so on.
Reading
Actually read two new things over the weekend: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James and The Clocks by Agatha Christie. This is my first post-WWII Poirot book, and it feels very strange to read Christie in a 60s setting!
Craft
The jacket decorating continues, slowly. I decided to embroider a design on the back, using metallic thread and a patented "make it up as you go along, having never embroidered before" method. (I'm a bit nervous about the longevity of said design, given the technique or lack thereof, but hopefully it will work out.) This is an exercise in patience, which I do not typically have a lot of, but so far so good.
Life
Busy travel weekend may have been bad for writing habits, but it was good for taking a break from the various things over which I've been fretting. I'm off again for the latter half of this week, so I anticipate a couple of fretful days while I get my energy back, a few fret-free ones while I'm away again, and then hopefully next week I can start to find my equilibrium properly again.
