Changing My Camp NaNoWriMo Goal Halfway Through - AND STILL FAILING - Camp NaNo Roundout

[@iiiiitsmagreta1240]

Carrow Brown said something in a video recently that just stuck with me so hard: "plan as if you're going to be sick the entire time." As someone who also has a habit of setting unreasonable goals for myself and failing to account for my own limits/off-days, I feel that's something I ought to pay more attention to. I've been dealing with some nasty exhaustion issues lately, so that's more important than ever.

[@ADHDwriter]

That's a great quote, Mattias. Carrow always puts out some good wisdom and I couldn't agree more. I know how difficult it is to be too realistic sometimes, though. There's just that feeling of wanting to be or do better, but the secret is we're already good enough and even better in the first place!

[@BethanyVotaw]

I love this! And yes, realistic goals is essential...it just is hard to know when you are having a great day/ bad day and making the goal fit in the middle.

[@ADHDwriter]

Bethany, I just saw this, what the heck?! But yes, realism is the way to go for goals but not necessarily the actual writing 😅

[@ChaosInSpace]

Hell yeah for working out what's not working for you and changing it!!! and I feel you so much on the setting the goal when super motivated and then realising later that I was way too ambitious!! You got this!! I set time goals this time round for camp and it's the first time I've gotten through my goal without feeling stressed about reaching it and still getting a heap of writing done so I highly recommend it!!! also Java is such a cutie!! 🐶😍

[@ADHDwriter]

Heeeellll yeah, Char!! Cheers all around for improvements and keeping our sanity, even if we are a little chaotic! Get those victory laps! And Java says thank you in a bashful manner

[@storydtechtiverobertjones464]

90K words for your fist nano...oh, no! I way underestimated my word count because the last couple of months I’ve been in a slump. Plus I fail April’s camp pretty spectacularly. I just want to use July to get back in some sort of a groove. But look at the bright side...you go more written than I did even though you failed :)

[@ADHDwriter]

Hahaha, thanks, Robert! Yeah, I feel like this has been kind of a "slumpy" few months but if that isn't 2020 in a nutshell I don't know what is. At this point, any words are better than no words - even two.

[@tamamawrites79]

I put 25k on my word count goal as a guesstimate of how much I needed to write to finish the MS....... BUT, then I hit 25k without finishing and my enthusiasm went off a cliff because there was no number to work towards anymore XD

[@ADHDwriter]

Oh jeez, I know that feeling all too well. I need to have a concrete goal or I'm a pile of pudding on Granny's kitchen floor!!