Balancing Act Summer has officially come to a close, at least for me. As excited as I am to be a week into my last semester, it’s been hard saying goodbye to one of the most fulfilling summers I can remember. After a week or so of consistently surpassing my 1,000 w/d goal, I’d chosen to increase it. It was elating to feel that I had a handle on the balancing act. Life, work, and play all had a time and place. Between the amazing progress I’ve made through the rough draft of Chasing Freedom and a week in Las Vegas, it’ll be a challenge to top the amount of fun I’ve had this month. When school got back underway, I had to reevaluate my plan. Time in class, commuting, and the nonwriting workload for one of my writing classes caught me off guard. These things, in addition of personal lifeRead More
Putting things on the internet can sometimes be frightening. Once it’s out there for other people to see, it becomes permanent. For the most part I don’t mind, but what gives me pause is knowing that putting my thoughts and my decisions into the world makes me accountable. That said, I’m still going to share a goal that I have set for my current project, (working title) Chasing Freedom. I’ve never considered myself a math enthusiast (okay, I’ll be honest, I’ve avoided math like the flu my entire school career). I think math is beautiful and necessary, I have just never felt confident in that subject. However, for some reason I have this inane drive to calculate schedules, percentages to completion, things like that. Using that weirdness, I have made a goal to finish the rough draft of Chasing Freedom in 150 work week days. That means I plan toRead More