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Welcome to Jay's 2021 Progress Thread!

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Another year, another WriYe!

For 2021 I'm again going for a low yearly goal based on just sneaking over the line last year at the same amount. That said I'm looking towards something else to hopefully inspire a better year: the couch to 5k (C25k) program. I started this beginner's running program towards the end of last year and despite being unfit enough that it took me 3 weeks to move past Week 1 I'm starting 2021 in the final third of the program. It's been a bit weird. I wasn't into running as a kid (swimming and ball sports were my thing) and I don't have a real desire to be one now. However, I'm doing it and to my surprise it hasn't be absolutely terrible.

C25K is something done over time. It's not a sprint and your aim is to build towards a bigger goal. While it has a structure and an optimal time frame, it's flexible and you can make it work for you. Sure distance is a big thing, but it is really all about pace. You just have to find that sustainable pace to see it through to the end whether its a multiple shorter intervals or a single bigger run. In these ways it does remind me of WriYe.  So in the spirit of C25K that's why my progress thread this year is a jotting couch to 50K. I'm hoping some of the success I've experienced in C25K rubs off onto my WriYe journey in 2021.

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Goals

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• 50,000 words
• Complete something...anything...please!
  

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For 2021 I've set myself two goals. The first is my WriYe word count, which is 50,000 words. I just scraped over the line last year at 50K, so I'm going to stick with it. For the first half of last year I did look like I could up my goal, but that didn't happen. I'd be thrilled to take that next step this year if it happens.

My second goal is to finish something. It doesn't matter what it is. It just has to be completed. I didn't get anything finished in 2020, but the two pieces I started last year are looking good for 2021. Hopefully that will be just the start of a good year.

So here's to 2021! May it be a fairly normal year...whatever that now means.

Writing

• Monthly Word Count (0 / 4,167)

Other

• WriYe Blogging Circle for January
  

Comments

Well, that's enough slacking off for the holiday period. It's time to get back into the swing of things!

Oh wow, that's an incredibly accomplishment already with the running. Very impressive. Good luck with your writing goals! I'm sure you'll smash it.

Best of luck in 2021, Jay! Glad you have you back!

Wow, congrats! And good luck on your writing goal!

Writing

• Monthly Word Count (1,046 / 4,167)
• New Moon Madness (0 / 900)
• Finish "It's Always the Mushrooms"
• Finish "A Clean Break"
  

Other

• WriYe Blogging Circle for January
  

Comments

Thanks everyone.

Not sure what to do for the New Moon challenge. Week two of the Luck of the Draw, Weekly Prompt Challenge looks interesting. It's a Don't Think: Just Write with the prompt of "It was a stupid thing to say". We'll see if I can come up with an idea.

Writing

• Monthly Word Count (3,325 / 4,167)
• New Moon Madness (959 / 900)
• Finish "It's Always the Mushrooms"
• Finish "A Clean Break"
  

Other

• WriYe Blogging Circle for January
  

Comments

Managed to do the New Moon challenge. I did go with trying the Luck of the Draw prompt. It took me a while to get going with it. I haven't done a prompt with next to no planning in some time.

Doing great so far! \o/

Writing

• Monthly Word Count (5,746 / 4,167)
• New Moon Madness (959 / 900)
• Full Moon Madness (0 / 1,000)
  
• Finish "It's Always the Mushrooms"
• Finish "A Clean Break"
  

Other

• WriYe Blogging Circle for January (Done)
  

Comments

Going well so far. Just being doing bits and pieces here and there as well as working on  revising "It's Always the Mushrooms".

You're doing so well!

Whooo you are smashing those January goals, well done!

Writing

• Monthly Word Count (7,269 / 4,167)
• New Moon Madness (959 / 900)
• Full Moon Madness (1,459 / 1,000)
  
• Finish "It's Always the Mushrooms"
• Finish "A Clean Break"
  

Other

• WriYe Blogging Circle for January (Done)
  

Comments

Thanks Roisin and galactic-pirates.

It's been a very good month. It's nice to get off to a strong start to a new WriYe.

Writing

• Monthly Word Count (0 / 4,167)
• Finish "It's Always the Mushrooms"
• Finish "A Clean Break"
  

Other

• WriYe Blogging Circle for February
• Do my first scheduled Behind the Farthest Star post
  

Comments

A quick setup for the coming month.

Writing

• Monthly Word Count (2,600 / 4,167)
• New Moon Madness (0 / 900)
  
• Finish "It's Always the Mushrooms"
• Finish "A Clean Break"
  

Other

• WriYe Blogging Circle for February
• Do my first scheduled Behind the Farthest Star post
  

Comments

I've been mostly working on my BtFS post this week. While it was an old draft I'd had from last year I've revised it heavily and that's eaten most of the words so far.

Writing

• Monthly Word Count (5,664 / 4,167)
• New Moon Madness (1,433 / 900)
  
• Finish "It's Always the Mushrooms"
• Finish "A Clean Break"
  

Other

• WriYe Blogging Circle for February
• Do my first scheduled Behind the Farthest Star post
  

Comments

Completed the NMM. As with last time I didn't really know what to do and looked at the Luck of the Draw thread for an idea. While I didn't use any of those, one did lead to a tangent and I spent my New Moon plotting out that idea rather than actually writing it. Now that's done I can file it under "for the future" as something I can come back to and work on.