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- December 27, 2014
2015 Word Counting Calendar Available!
December 27, 2014Read more
Based on my Nanowrimo Calendar, the full-year version allows you to count the number of words you’re writing every month in a way that allows you to see how fast / how well you are doing.
If you’re writing a thesis or a novel, print this out on a nice color printer and stick it up somewhere to track your progress. You can buy the 12-month PDF at my Shopify store:
- Buy Word Tracking Calendar – a mere $7!
Did you know it takes 5 back-to-back episodes of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me for me to update the 50K word counting calendar? I didn’t either!
- December 12, 2014
2014 Resolutions Review 10: Final Review
December 12, 2014Read more
With everything that’s going on at the end of the year, I forgot that today was RESOLUTION REVIEW DAY. There’s a good reason that 12/12 is the last review of the year…from today to February 2nd, it’s time to take a break from self-improvement and just make it through the holidays!
Again, I am presenting an abbreviated report this month, as I don’t have the patience to do a full-blown deconstruction of the month in the way I used to in years past. There’s a personal upside to this change: I no longer am feeling the need to do it, as I think I am more curious to see what happens next than figure out what went wrong.
More about that after the jump! (more…)
- December 11, 2014
Post Mortem: Takeaways from the “Thing-a-Day” Challenge
December 11, 2014Read moreIt’s been almost two weeks since I wrapped-up the November Thing-a-Day Making Challenge of making “30 things” that were tangible and sharable, improved process, and/or helped me sell something I’d made before. I kept the threshold of success low so I wouldn’t freak myself out; I was happy if I carved out the time for myself, which I think is an important habit to cultivate if one wants to achieve personal growth.
I didn’t know what I would take away from the experiment, though I knew that I wanted to do something during the month of Nanowrimo. As expected, I enjoyed the process, and have come up with takeaways that will affect how I approach creative acts in the future. (more…)
- November 30, 2014
Thing-a-Day 30: Backup the Backup
November 30, 2014Read more
[POSTING THIS A DAY LATE on 12/01]
The last day of the November 2014 THING-A-DAY challenge got away from me with the extended family visit, so I spent today doing the work I had wanted to do: start the big backup of my network-attached hard drive. The process of backing-up my data is worth talking about, because a lot of what I do is completely digital in nature. Creating a backup process that’s easy and covers all the bases is important; I’ve added a couple of new backup devices to help me do that. (more…)
- November 30, 2014
Thing-a-Day 28-29: ETP Almanac and Shop Updates
November 30, 2014Read more
With the holiday weekend family festivities, I’ve been forced to merge all the work for the past two days into one. First was the big ETP Almanac Update for 2015, followed by updating two online stores with collateral. It’s a big chunk of work, but thanks to some prep I did last year it wasn’t as time consuming as it could have been. (more…)
