In a few days I'll be wrapping up my first novel for 2022, and while it needs a good edit I'm very happy with what I've managed to do on the page. I was a little worried about the holidays wrecking me, but I managed to shake off the Christmas blues fairly fast this year. It also feels good to continue my productive streak.
I have made a few more adjustments to my process as well as my work sessions. I felt a little overloaded by the ambitious daily goals I had for the last three months of 2021, and worried I'd end up with burnout again, so I eased back on those. I'm making a point to shut off my work computer as soon as I've finished a session so I'm not tempted to go back and fiddle with the day's writing. I'm also finishing earlier every evening so I have ample time to work on my quilting and relax before bed. All these things are helping me maintain my work schedule without feeling exhausted. On the contrary, I feel just as enthusiastic about this series as I was when I pitched it (maybe even a little more.)
It's a privilege to be able to do what I love for a living, but it's also important to do things that make me love working. After a wretched six months last year I think I'm finally getting back to that now.
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