31 December 2008
Out with the old, in with the new
So the last four months have just blown by. In those four months, I've had a new baby. Which, in and of itself, really explains why I've been so busy. But on top of that I've gotten some new responsibilities at work and our company launched a major new project that took up an inordinate amount of my time. The "busy-ness" due to that project ebbed and flowed but during the ebb times I had to cram in all my other responsibilities so I stayed busy all the time.
I still managed to participate in NaNoWriMo (what was I thinking?) and almost drove myself into the ground, but "won" anyway. So there!
The new year is going to bring even more responsibility at work which is both good and bad. More responsibility = recognition (yay) but it also = more work/stress (meh). Yet I'd rather have it than not, all things considered.
I will also be having fun watching my kids go through another year and trying - trying - to get more writing in. I was able to do NaNo because it was a fixed amount in a fixed time but the stress of doing that on top of a major project at work with a month old baby at home when I hadn't been doing much writing before that was unfun. It just emphasized to me - again - that it's better to do some every day to stay in the habit and if I do some extra that day, yay!
With all that said, Happy New Year's Eve. See you on the flip side.
I still managed to participate in NaNoWriMo (what was I thinking?) and almost drove myself into the ground, but "won" anyway. So there!
The new year is going to bring even more responsibility at work which is both good and bad. More responsibility = recognition (yay) but it also = more work/stress (meh). Yet I'd rather have it than not, all things considered.
I will also be having fun watching my kids go through another year and trying - trying - to get more writing in. I was able to do NaNo because it was a fixed amount in a fixed time but the stress of doing that on top of a major project at work with a month old baby at home when I hadn't been doing much writing before that was unfun. It just emphasized to me - again - that it's better to do some every day to stay in the habit and if I do some extra that day, yay!
With all that said, Happy New Year's Eve. See you on the flip side.
