NaNoWriMo Cometh!

The Importance of Realistic Goals

I know there will be many people who say that I can afford to give an hour to writing each day no matter what I do. And trust me, I have tried. But it is possible to be so tired that your brain stops functioning. Working with children, this couldn’t be more true. At least when you’re herding cats, you don’t need to answer their weird and wonderful questions too while writing reports about their behaviour! There are studies that say there is a limited number of decisions a brain can make in a day – and in a day, I usually feel I exceed that number.

So, what am I going to do? Twelve thousand words every weekend, maybe? Don’t be daft! What I’m going to do is make my goals a bit more realistic. I’m not going to aim for the 50,000 words – I’m going to aim for a fraction of that – for five thousand each week in November. Funnily enough, there are five weeks (or parts thereof) in November, so that should get me twenty five thousand words! Awesome.

In life, it is important to have realistic expectations of ourselves. Not to aim low – I’m not advocating for that, but to aim for better than what we have. For me, twenty five thousand words will be a significant increase to my output of late and will mean I will be writing more than I have been. Isn’t that enough? I think it absolutely is. I give myself permission to fail, but I want to succeed. Quite badly, I may add. And if there is one thing I know how to do, it’s to succeed badly!

So, what am I going to do to make sure that happens? Well, for that, you’ll need to tune in tomorrow to find out!