Tag: writing

Rediscovering my motivation

It feels like things are changing here in NicLand, and that is most definitely a good thing.

It’s now been three years since I finished my multimedia journalism degree and a lot has happened to me since then. When I graduated I felt mentally and physically stronger than I had ever done. I could walk further and do more for myself than I had been able to in the past, and my anxiety and low moods weren’t impacting on me anywhere near as much as they had done when I was studying for my A-levels and in my first year at uni. Yes, I was scared about what the future might hold, but more than anything, I was excited.

Fast forward two years and the story became very different. Even though I’d done work experience, an internship and a bit of freelance work, I still hadn’t found a fulltime job. I wasn’t getting out much during the week because everyone around me had jobs, and that meant that I spent a lot of time alone with my thoughts. I spent far more time focusing on my worries, my anxieties and everything and my OCD-like thoughts about germs. I started showering up to three times a day and changing my clothes, worrying that they would have germs on them that would infect the house. I spent a lot of time crying and not a lot of time sleeping. To put it bluntly, I was a mess.

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Recovering from all the writing

Over the last couple of weeks I spent a lot more time than usual sitting down and writing, both at my desk and in my bed.

Thanks to all this, I got loads of work done and made a huge dent into one of the novel projects I’m working on. As well as all of that, I got rather a lot of back and shoulder ache.

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I can tell I’ve spent too long writing when…

  • My back has been sore for an entire week
  • I have had a numb bum almost constantly for the last three days
  • My hands are killing from so much typing
  • My legs are stiff and in constant need to stretching
  • I can’t seem to go longer than two hours without a cup of tea now

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ve been spending far too long at my laptop lately and I love taking five minutes to lay down and stretch out all my muscles which my physios recommend that I do anyway to help with the muscle tightness that I get as a result of my Cerebral Palsy.

Thankfully, Camp NANOWRIMO is almost over. I set myself the goal of writing 60,000 words in the 30 days of April. My current word count is 39,641 so I’m not sure I’ll make it but it’s possible I guess.

The busy month ahead

April is already shaping up to be a busy month here in Nicland.

This month View From a Walking Frame will turn two! I can hardly believe it, so I’m trying to plan something to mark the occasion, watch this space!

I’m also taking part in Camp NANOWRIMO this month, which is by the same people behind National Novel Writing Month in November. In November participants try and writing 50,000 words of a novel in 3o days. During Camp, you set your own writing goal, and over the course of the next 30 days I plan on trying to write 60,000 words. Wish me luck, I might just need it.

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