{"id":4329,"date":"2023-11-27T19:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2023-11-27T19:00:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T00:00:46","slug":"twenty-seven-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2023\/11\/27\/twenty-seven-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-seven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Christmas Plans<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are staying home. I am very much okay with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have one day where I’m going into a temporary office facility, but kind of sanguine about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I’ve got a handle on what I’m planning to do for presents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I just thought of something I was supposed to do over the weekend, and forgot about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I should be able to get that done on Friday since I’m not working that day. I’d scheduled leave for this paycheck, and have already worked more than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me try one of T2K’s prompts….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your greatest writing strength and greatest writing\u00a0weakness?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know, I think I could do better about planning a long project write. What I did for this month really didn’t require a lot of pre-planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I’ve not done this streak is getting a head-start on answers to the individual prompts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve drawn a lot of inspiration lately from some of what Michael Malice<\/a> said about his process for writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it requires better planning than I’ve been doing last few streaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many stretches I don’t really have a good list of things I’d like to hit upon. Have your idea, then spend a set amount of time writing on that section. Same time every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, with NoJoMo, writing at the same time has been tough with my work and travel schedule this month. Some days I write in the morning. If I’m working, I might pound out a paragraph or two while listening to a call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do tend to write on Saturday Morning after I’ve filled my pill case for the next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of what I’m listening to these days is from authors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will I get a chance to reach a moment of equilibrium again where I can slice off a segment of time each day to operate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do appreciate how much I’ve actually done this month already. I’m hoping that next month can kind of be a month can actually include some time for relaxation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I’m sure I’ll end up spending time planning the next big thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After my company stole the equity I’d built up in the form of Paid Time Off, most of the week before Christmas will be spent paying CxxxXXX’s protection <\/s>racket r<\/strike>renewing my certification so I can keep working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cold weather has me really wanting an Irish Coffee. I don’t even know what to say about that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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