Last day of NaNo. Feels like college — stuff is due, and I’m avoiding it. I have less than 5k to write today, which is more than doable. I’ll have an actual update tomorrow (or maybe Tuesday. I kind of want to overdo it on the video games tomorrow night) in which I will reflect on NaNo and ramble incoherently about what I may or may not do with this blog moving forward.
EDIT: 50k at 10pm!
Prior to this month, I thought I had no free time. Well, not literally zero free time, but it felt pretty small and weak. I said it was hard to find time to do anything other than sit around. Then I found myself in the throes of NaNo.
I think everyone should participate in NaNo. Not because I think everyone should be forced to do something they may or may not want to do, but because of what it shows you. I discovered that I have all kinds of free time if I’m not wasting it on video games.
The reason? Video games pass the time very quickly. An hour is microscopic unit of time when you’re busy being awesome. What shocked me was that nothing else is really like that. An hour of writing feels long. A half hour on the treadmill feels really long. Suddenly I feel like I can do more than one thing on a given night and not have to rush through any of it.
Does that mean I’m swearing off the games? Not likely. I’ve got a stack I need to get through, and I’m sure several on the way from Mr. Claus, so I’m not on the verge of quitting. But I realized the main thing holding me back from everything I want to do is the gaming, and not a lack of time to pursue other interests.
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