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Fluctuating progress

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Daily writing prompt
What could you do less of?
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Everything from the last time I answered this prompt still applies, for the most part.

I’ve stopped buying quite as much Magic: The Gathering cards in the last year or so, so I guess I HAVE made some progress in doing less of something, but all the rest on the list most definitely still apply.

Okay, so maybe I’ve gotten a little better about giving into those feelings of impostor syndrome and self-doubt. Instead, it’s been replaced by allowing myself to be spontaneously distracted. Perhaps I need to speak with my doctor about the change in medication we did a few months ago, because my attention span for things is all over the place. I’m fortunate that I’ve been able to maintain my daily writing habit as much as I have since then.

So, there’s an update to my previous answer. I could do less of being spontaneously distracted.

Let’s go with that for now.

To be and do less

Taylor Burian1 Comment

What could you do less of?

Almost feels like the prompts lately are trying to gear us up for the new year, and resolutions. Reflection, brainstorming, and goal setting.

Well, there are plenty of things I could “do less of”. Let’s make another list, because apparently I like those!

  • Less procrastinating
  • Less drinking soda/pop
  • Less overeating
  • Less giving in to feelings of self-doubt/imposter syndrome
  • Less eating fast food
  • Less spending money on things I want but don’t need (like Magic cards. Murders at Karlov Manor is looking good so far, damnit Hasbro/WotC!)
  • Less making excuses to get out of doing healthy things or making healthy habits.

This list is not exhaustive, by any means, but these are the things that came to mind as I was driving to work this morning. A lot of these things are bad habits that I would need to work on, but I’m taking on one at a time. That one smack in the middle is important to me right now and is why I’ve been writing so often. I need to do less self-doubting and actually DO things that I say I want to do. Like NaNoWriMo, and getting a novel written (and eventually published, fingers crossed!)

23 days until the new year. 23 more days of writing for the year. 23 days and beyond to keep up the fight against self-doubt.