Writing is more productive than whining. Also, my writing goals sneak up on me.

I was sitting here lamenting how much work I’ve had to do lately and how overworked and just plain fried I am when I remembered the STFU Policy and decided instead to channel all that frustration and rage into something useful.

Viola!

I channeled my distress into 1,060 new words! Sure, they are bitter, self-pitying, over-tired words but they are new words, damn it and therefor more productive than whining. 🙂 And I wrote them between 1 AM and 2 AM when I was really tired which I think makes them even more valuable words.

Now, I wrote these words and felt quite pleased with myself at first. While I am still pleased with these first new words after the Many Weeks of Too Much Work and Holy Crap the Stress, when I added these words to my spreadsheet, I got an unpleasant surprise.

I’m only 1,414 words ahead of where I should be. Remember when I stock piled all those words to get really far ahead between Script Frenzy and other self-challenges? Well, I squandered my entire lead! If I don’t write more than 2,000 words tomorrow, I’m going to be behind! Even if I do write 2K tomorrow, I’m going to be sweating to keep up instead of getting to go at a relaxed pace because of a huge lead.

This is not the end of the world, I can easily still make my challenge. But it did kill my buzz a bit when I felt good for writing only to discover it was a mere drop in the proverbial bucket.

I normally start work at 7 on Mondays but that is so not happening tomorrow which is good for my sleep count but bad because it means a shorter work day (unless I stay up late). I also have just finished a very long To Do list for myself of things that have fallen through the cracks since I’ve been in Busy Helltown (which is also my stripper name) so I’ll have to do those first thing tomorrow. But hook or crook, I’m going to find time to write those 2,000 words and get back on track!

But for now, I think that potato has the right idea… 😉