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Man, I feel like I used up all my productivity oomph at the end of last week and the beginning of this one. (And sadly, losing a pet to start the year off really didn't help.) I already just Don't Wanna.

I do want to put together a bit of a writing plan, because that's something I really need to figure out. I have those lingering AUgust fics from last year that I REALLY need to get done, but otherwise I don't have anything strongly in-progress that needs work. I've got a few things I could work on, but I really want to find something that grabs and holds my interest. I hoped for that last year too, and didn't find it, so hoping this year is better for that! I'd hoped to sort of do that today, but I think it's going to take some more work to figure it out.

This weekend I'm going on a multi-day holiday party thing with my younger sibling. I'm looking forward to it. At the very least there'll be free food, courtesy of their company! This is likely to be my last real break for a while, so that should be nice.

I can feel our impending weather. Very ow, oof, my bones. Everything hurts! Barometric pressure changes are a bitch. It also just makes me very tired, which makes it also hard to want to focus on anything requiring real effort!

Maybe once the weather hits tomorrow I'll feel a little better. It'll be cold, and that'll be miserable, but at least maybe things won't hurt so much.

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I feel that need for something that grabs you and fires you up fannishly. Surely this will be the year, even if you have to make it yourself.

Also yes, that weather you can feel in your bones is.. ow. I do hate winter. I don't understand people who don't hate winter. Perhaps it doesn't make them hurt all the time?

Have a lovely weekend! It does sound nice :)

There's just nothing else quite like that specific type of enthusiasm! Something either fannish or original, but just something that is a constant source of mental excitement, of energy to put toward it. I used to feel that for fic, where it would occupy my thoughts in quiet moments, but it hasn't been that way in a while. I miss it!

Ugh, I hate *feeling* the weather change so strongly! It hurts! I guess there must be people who don't experience that semi constant pain... bleh, not me, lol. I am already beyond ready for spring and summer to return, even though I know we've got months yet.

And thank you! I'm hoping it'll be a nice weekend. It'll be some fancy dinner and silly event things to go to, and hopefully minimal stress.

I desperately need to figure out some sort of writing plan or strategy too, although (I think?) more in the vein of "figure out when to impose windows of time to write something".

I hope something comes along that really captures your interest!

Yeah... that's a struggle, too! I briefly had a fairly good routine, where I got home from work, ate dinner while doing my general internet catch-up stuff, and then I'd write for an hour or two before bed. Then the internet stuff started to take longer, or I'd get more distracted, and now we have to take the dogs out a bit more often (because Bella can't hold it quite as long), and sometimes we have a show on TV that I actually want to watch... And before too long, it's bedtime, and there's been no writing!

I think I do need to figure out more rigid windows of time in which to focus on certain things, because "when I have time after everything else" is just not feasible!

And thank you. I very much want some sort of creative excitement and enthusiasm!

And before too long, it's bedtime, and there's been no writing!

So horribly relatable! -_-

January is the worst time for new beginnings and taking stock of things, and your year is off to a very rough start.

I hope the party is good at least!

January is such a weird time. Idk, the depths of winter just isn't an enjoyable time for anything!

The party should be fun. It'll be bougie as fuck, probably, but I'll take some fancy free food and booze and a couple nights in a fancy hotel, haha. (My mom's and sibling's coworkers really are a fairly decent group of people; I've hung out with them as Taylor's +1 several times now, so it should be nice.)

It's cold, people are recovering from holiday spending, stress and germ exposure.

That sounds fun. I hope it's a great time!