Thoughts & Things

Get It Together, Girl

I have not had myself collected and together at all whatsoever for the last several weeks. I have over two thousand unread emails, I just paid off over forty dollars in fines at the library, and I am about to hit 33k on my NaNo project. I don't even know where my hairbrush is, let alone the last time I used it, and my hair has reached Kate Bush circa 1978 levels of chaotic poof. Sick leave agreed with me initially, but it turns out that being sick just doesn't.

I have been trying to get my shit together for the last few days. I finger combed my hair. I deleted about 200 useless emails. I started really making progress on my novel again. I actually paid the absurdly high library fine. I've been trying really hard. I am thinking that part of getting my shit together is going to have to include picking my blog back up with more frequency.

I did actually start a new project, which is an article of sorts. It focuses on darker aspects of Canadian history, and became far broader than initially intended. It has been a little while since I have done much non-fiction, and it feels good to be doing it again. That said, I am hesitant to start any fiction products while I am still happily working my way through my novel.

While I haven't met all the goals I have set for myself lately, and while I feel like being unwell has really been holding me back, I am in the process of getting back on track. I can do this, or something. My last several blog posts haven't been great, but I definitely intend to get back on track, starting with this post.