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Writing Diary: 12th July 2021

Come at me, Week Four. It’s an exciting time to be alive. I went to my very first AFL game yesterday, after spending all week working through Save The Cat Writes A Novel. Well, when I wasn’t sleeping. What is it about antidepressants and sleeping? Just call me Princess Aurora. Yikes. 

Anyway, here we go. Let’s get this book written. 

Monday

Most Mondays begin the same way. I wake up, I do my morning routine, take my meds, then sit down at my desk with a heart full of hope and plans for days. 

And, then, nothing. 

Today, I was determined to do something different. Yesterday, when I was busy trying to find a tiny yellow ball on a massive footy field, I was thinking about how I’d gone all day without napping – something unusual for me at the moment. I figure it has a lot to do with keeping my brain stimulated. It gets bored, it goes to sleep. Kind of makes sense. 

I suspect a lot of neurodivergent people will tell you that lists are awesome. So, today, I wrote a To Do List. 

The best part was, the To Do List got To Done. 

Book 6 Word Count: 2137

THE TO DO LIST THAT GOT DONE

Tuesday

It was another day of To Do Lists, newsletter writing, cleaning up a mess on my blog and social media. 

Somehow, the newsletter took up a LOT of the day. MailChimp have had a site update, so their mail builder is different and, well, nek minnit – here comes the sun(set). 

Good news is, it’s done. That was a big hurdle for me. 

Eventually got around to writing and clocked up 300 words – massive I know. The good news is, I’m still on target, so it’s all good. 

Oh, and I managed to give a little love to the side hustle, too. More on that later. 

Book 6 Word Count: 2417

LOOK HOW FANCY . . .

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

It’s Monday morning as I write this and I legitimately cannot remember the end of last week. #sorrynotsorry. 

Shall we call it a draw and move on to a new week? We should? Good call. 

See you on the flip side. 

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