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mythochromosOh, blerg.
Things have been pretty wild around here, so we forgot our weekend update...
For last week:
Writing 4/7
Art 6/7
The Work: 3/7
...recognizing that cleaning is just one step in what we're trying to accomplish with the last line item, and the other things we manage to do despite the non-ideal environment are important too. We'll post about this week later, hopefully on time. >.>
How are things going with everyone else?
-Mir
Things have been pretty wild around here, so we forgot our weekend update...
For last week:
Writing 4/7
Art 6/7
The Work: 3/7
...recognizing that cleaning is just one step in what we're trying to accomplish with the last line item, and the other things we manage to do despite the non-ideal environment are important too. We'll post about this week later, hopefully on time. >.>
How are things going with everyone else?
-Mir
Goals for the Unanchored Mind.
Feb. 9th, 2010 07:27 pmex_fathomless325New journal so new goal list.
While still in school let's go with:
1) Yarn craft daily.
2) Write something, anything, every day, be it journaling, fiction, or assignment.
And that's all I'm going to hold myself responsible for at this point. I think I've found a happy balance, for now.
~Unami
While still in school let's go with:
1) Yarn craft daily.
2) Write something, anything, every day, be it journaling, fiction, or assignment.
And that's all I'm going to hold myself responsible for at this point. I think I've found a happy balance, for now.
~Unami
update and reminder
Feb. 1st, 2010 05:43 pmmythochromosstray_grew_up, how is the cooking going? :)For us, 1-25 to 1-30:
Writing 5/7
Art 4/7
Cleaning 2/7
I am amused; writing and art switched counts but it was still largely similar to last week. Time to think again about some incentives.
-Mireiyu
mythdrivenOk. So I'm NOT working on that novel. It's just not happening, right now. Therefore, I'm going to nix that goal as my primary objective and set up some more realistic goals for the time being.
1) Knit daily. I have too many half finished projects lying around that I really want to USE!
So goal the first is to knit at least a row on Something every day. No Exceptions.
2) I'm putting in a cleaning clause as well. Not creative, but definitely conducive to creativity! It will be in two parts: a) Every day is laundry day. No exceptions. b)Get back on track with room-a-day even if it's not doing the whole room. I want to do Something cleanliness or organizationally related in a specific room of the house each day. School is not so taxing that things should be in the state that they are.
3) Write something every day. More than just statuses on facebook or blurbs on twitter. It must be either a journal entry, a story fragment, or even a paper for school. It can be hand written, a document, or posted on a website, but it must be more than a blurb. Blurbs are the mind killers.
4) Paint, sew, or work with clay once a week, at least. I might end up setting a specific day for this.
5) This is not creative, either, but I need to put it somewhere I'll remember it. No Meat Mondays.
Ok. I think that's it. For now. :) Off to knit a few rows before I leave for school! XD
1) Knit daily. I have too many half finished projects lying around that I really want to USE!
So goal the first is to knit at least a row on Something every day. No Exceptions.
2) I'm putting in a cleaning clause as well. Not creative, but definitely conducive to creativity! It will be in two parts: a) Every day is laundry day. No exceptions. b)Get back on track with room-a-day even if it's not doing the whole room. I want to do Something cleanliness or organizationally related in a specific room of the house each day. School is not so taxing that things should be in the state that they are.
3) Write something every day. More than just statuses on facebook or blurbs on twitter. It must be either a journal entry, a story fragment, or even a paper for school. It can be hand written, a document, or posted on a website, but it must be more than a blurb. Blurbs are the mind killers.
4) Paint, sew, or work with clay once a week, at least. I might end up setting a specific day for this.
5) This is not creative, either, but I need to put it somewhere I'll remember it. No Meat Mondays.
Ok. I think that's it. For now. :) Off to knit a few rows before I leave for school! XD
Update for House Hesson
Jan. 24th, 2010 05:01 pmmythochromosCleaning: 3/7
Art: 5/7
Writing: 4/7
Goal tweaks: We added knitting into the art possibilities after seeing that we didn't knit very much. The intent of our original art goal was to put time into things that we otherwise might not do because we're afraid to fail at new things, and we saw knitting as a distraction from that. While we're much further along with knitting skill, we can remain focused on our original intent by refusing to award points if we're procrastinating on things that would require us to push ourselves.
We expanded writing a little by deciding that journal entries and the like can count if they provide material for future writing. They count as planning if we dig deep enough to make realizations and connections that will find their way back into our writing.
Art: 5/7
Writing: 4/7
Goal tweaks: We added knitting into the art possibilities after seeing that we didn't knit very much. The intent of our original art goal was to put time into things that we otherwise might not do because we're afraid to fail at new things, and we saw knitting as a distraction from that. While we're much further along with knitting skill, we can remain focused on our original intent by refusing to award points if we're procrastinating on things that would require us to push ourselves.
We expanded writing a little by deciding that journal entries and the like can count if they provide material for future writing. They count as planning if we dig deep enough to make realizations and connections that will find their way back into our writing.
goals for stray_grew_up
Jan. 24th, 2010 10:25 amstray_grew_upThis week I want to make
Vegetable stock
Vegetarian french onion soup
Spinach puree
Flapjacks
onion rings with spicy pepper sauce
Chicken with sun dried tomatoes and cream
Sun dried tomato pesto.
Vegetable stock
Vegetarian french onion soup
Spinach puree
Flapjacks
onion rings with spicy pepper sauce
Chicken with sun dried tomatoes and cream
Sun dried tomato pesto.
Week One Goals
Jan. 17th, 2010 09:42 pmloreyuWe wrote 2,465 words this week, which is above target, but none of it was the sort of stuff we'd submit to an editor. Next week we're going to try just pushing from point A to point B on our outline. It doesn't have to be perfect. It doesn't even have to be inspired. All it has to be is a rough draft. 961 words of it next week, to be exact. We hope for more, but we'll settle for that.
Week One - Something like a fail, kinda.
Jan. 17th, 2010 03:44 pmmythdrivenSo I only wrote once this week. It was a good experience and I got a little further with the story. But one day is not every day. So there is definitely room to improve. :/
House Hesson update #1
Jan. 17th, 2010 03:36 pmmythochromosWriting: 4/6
Art: 3/6
Cleaning: 5/6
We found that spending 10 minutes on writing didn't get us much of an end product. We spend a lot more time on writing sessions than we think, when we really get going! On the other hand, 10 minutes of detail painting on our current project seems to last forever. >.>
We'll keep track of updates throughout the week and send reminders to anyone who's left on Sundays.
Art: 3/6
Cleaning: 5/6
We found that spending 10 minutes on writing didn't get us much of an end product. We spend a lot more time on writing sessions than we think, when we really get going! On the other hand, 10 minutes of detail painting on our current project seems to last forever. >.>
We'll keep track of updates throughout the week and send reminders to anyone who's left on Sundays.
goals for stray_grew_up
Jan. 16th, 2010 05:34 pmstray_grew_upokay, the main one is I want to learn to cook.
This week I want to make:
Cheese and Cranberry salad
Chicken for one with Corgettes and sun dried tomatoes
Oven baked courgette sticks with salsa
This week I want to make:
Cheese and Cranberry salad
Chicken for one with Corgettes and sun dried tomatoes
Oven baked courgette sticks with salsa
Goals for Loreyu
Jan. 14th, 2010 10:48 pmloreyuOur goal for this year is to write 100,000 words. 50,000 words can consist of journal entries, either for our personal or professional blog, but the other 50,000 must be in our editor's hands by December 31, 2010. We had 30,000 words published last year, so this seems like a reasonable target. Outlines and notes won't be counted in our totals.
This amounts to 1,923 words a week, 961 of which must be aimed at publication.
-- Obi, for Loreyu
This amounts to 1,923 words a week, 961 of which must be aimed at publication.
-- Obi, for Loreyu
Goals for ResidualChaos
Jan. 11th, 2010 06:24 pmmythdrivenI had originally meant to use this as a way to prod myself, and to be prodded, to knit. I think, however, that I might be better served to use this community to hold me accountable for something a little more important. Not that knitting isn't important, but it's not how I one day wish to make my living, writing might be just that. That said, I'll probably put up a goal for my knitting in the future, too. ^^;;
For now I want only to be held accountable to my writing goals.
It was my intention to pick my novel back up in January and finish up the first "write through" at the same pace the first 50,000 words were achieved. So far this month I have written NOTHING.
It is my goal to get back into the habit of roughly 1000 words a day. They don't have to be good words. I just have to create a manuscript. From there I can go back and rewrite the whole thing ad nauseum, creating something worth reading. But the whole story has to be laid down first before that can begin.
So. That's my goal. 1000 words a day. Hold me to it. Because so far I've done bupkis!
For now I want only to be held accountable to my writing goals.
It was my intention to pick my novel back up in January and finish up the first "write through" at the same pace the first 50,000 words were achieved. So far this month I have written NOTHING.
It is my goal to get back into the habit of roughly 1000 words a day. They don't have to be good words. I just have to create a manuscript. From there I can go back and rewrite the whole thing ad nauseum, creating something worth reading. But the whole story has to be laid down first before that can begin.
So. That's my goal. 1000 words a day. Hold me to it. Because so far I've done bupkis!
Goals for mythochromos
Jan. 11th, 2010 03:55 pmmythochromosWe have three things to start:
1. Spent at least 10 minutes each day on a craft that is not writing or knitting.
2. Spend at least 10 minutes each day on writing, editing, and/or story prep.
3. Spend at least 10 minutes each day on cleaning and organizing so that we have a better environment for crafting and for doing the activities in the book Trance-portation by Diana Paxson. (We figure the latter qualifies as somewhat creative.)
These will all eventually get adjusted as our situation changes.
-S'aryn, House Hesson
1. Spent at least 10 minutes each day on a craft that is not writing or knitting.
2. Spend at least 10 minutes each day on writing, editing, and/or story prep.
3. Spend at least 10 minutes each day on cleaning and organizing so that we have a better environment for crafting and for doing the activities in the book Trance-portation by Diana Paxson. (We figure the latter qualifies as somewhat creative.)
These will all eventually get adjusted as our situation changes.
-S'aryn, House Hesson
