Welcome to July, where I plan to blog every day in short bursts. I’ve fiddled with the challenge from five years ago and changed a few things for various reasons, so, behold the revised and updated 30 Days:
Let’s begin!
My Goals for July
1 – This month I’m finishing the dollhouse! No, I mean it! All I have left is the roof and the windows, then the base around the front, which right now is bare foam board. The roof will be a big project because, well, I can either make a zillion shingles out of something (probably cereal box card) or I can thatch it (probably using an old towel). All the windows need attention. But I am very sure all of this can be done in the course of July.
2 – Time to truly knuckle down on the final Shadow World book. My goal is 30,000 words this month, hopefully more – that’s about four or five chapters? If I can do that for the next three months I’ll be done a month early. HAHAHHAHA we’ll see if that happens.
3 – I’m still aiming for zero delivered meals, but I think it’s more realistic to say, maybe, two per paycheck? I have to be honest with myself, and I think it’s going to be nearly impossible to avoid it 100% of the time. As a person with lifelong depressive disorder there are times I just cannot make food for myself. Ideally I’d have things like TV dinners and whatnot for those occasions, but I’m not exaggerating when I say when I’m in the Shit Pit I can’t even do that. I try to make cooking as easy on myself as possible, but sometimes too easy is still not easy enough. In those cases delivery is a godsend (and often a mood lifter).
4 – I want to get to my altar more. Always. I need to get back in the habit of actually doing stuff there instead of just thinking about it. I’m sure many of you can relate. Our current reality is fucking awful, let’s face it; survival requires marshaling our inner resources as much as the outer. I feel calmer and stronger when I’m more spiritually aligned. I make better decisions. I like who I am more, and that’s a very big deal.
That all seems doable, right?