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mistressofmuses) wrote2025-05-27 07:19 pm
Habit Tracking: Week 20 (May 18 - May 24)
Had a hard time thinking of something to use for this week. Since I was reading Overgrowth, decided to go with plants... but ended up picking nice, well-coordinated ones more than anything evoking alien invasion, ha.
This week was... meh. Fine. The near-all-nighter when Bella was sick was rough and led to a couple rough days after that. I spent several days also feeling like I was on the verge of getting sick, but seemed to fight it off successfully. Did get a lot of cleaning done, even if it was under the minor duress of an impending inspection. Writing was not zero this week, which was a nice change. Okay amount of reading. I really did make it through most of what I wanted for the week, despite getting sick and too little sleep. Looking back, I described work as "hectic" on at least three different days.
Goals for the week:
- I did read more of Overgrowth
- I updated my reading page, at least partially
- I did try to sort out my upcoming calendar (busy couple of months coming up)
- I bought tickets for two shows coming up in the next ten days or so
- I did not work on the current WIP
- But I did do part 2 (and started part 3) of the snowflake outline for the Worldhopping Fairytale Monstrosity AU
- I did get some outside time!
- I cleaned up my bedside table (and the drawer)
- Apartment inspection was Wednesday
Tracked habits:
- Work - 5/7
- Household Maintenance - 6/7
- Physical Activity - 2/7
- Wrote 500/1000+ Words - 1/7 - one day over 500 words, plus two days of less than 500 words
- Wrote on 2nd+ Draft - 0/7
- Meta Work - 4/7
- Personal Writing - 3/7
- Other Creative Things - 2/7
- Reading - 7/7 - I mostly read Overgrowth, Alex and I read a bit of Duma Key, and I tried to read a bit of my ebook side read but only got through about a page before I got called away, ha.
- Attention to Media - 7/7 - Sunday had some youtube on in the background at work, we watched some storm chasing (mostly in Kansas, but there were a few tornadoes in eastern CO), and I listened to Re: Dracula and then some music; Monday, storm chasing in the background; Tuesday, storm-chasing in the background, then later abandoned places videos; Wednesday, more abandoned place videos (including, surprisingly, one that Alex was familiar with from when he lived in Maryland, which was a sort of bittersweet shock when it came up); Thursday and Friday, storm chasing in the background; Saturday, more background storm chasing, and an episode of Re: Dracula.
- Video Games - 0/7
- Social Interaction - 4/7
Total words written: 1040 all on planning a fic
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Otherwise, I hope this week is faring much better thus far and you've been able to catch up on some much needed sleep/rest!
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I failed many, many times trying to do some sort of tracking before hitting on something that worked well enough for me that I've stuck with it. I've really enjoyed being able to look back at it, and it's helped me keep track of the sorts of longer-term goals (writing, books read, etc.) that I was often frustrated to lose track of previously. "Pretty stickers and color-coordinated pens" was surprisingly key - using the same pens every week got boring, and trying to do elaborate layouts designed from scratch or making art for it each week was too demanding, but "use cute stickers and a new color scheme every week" struck a happy balance.
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Speaking of storms: they were shoveling hail in Austin. I was stunned when I saw the pic by Dr. NerdLove. He said a gas station collapsed in the area.
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Oof, that is a LOT of hail! There's been a lot of extreme weather going on, it seems like, and sometimes in places you wouldn't quite anticipate.