Keep a daily journal

It’s to the point where it’s the first thing I think of when I get to work. Pull out the journal and write in it for a bit. If I’m not writing in it (on a day off) i’m writing on lj or on here still so I’m doing this easily daily.

I bought a new journal the other day cause mine is nearly half full and i know i’m not stopping any time soon…. that’s when I knew I could mark this goal done.

I don’t get a chance to write EVERY day, but I do write every day that I can find a moment of time for it. Which is averaging about 5 days a week (while I’m at work).

Already I’ve had a lot of fun going back over the past entries (specifically the December 1st one where I talk about having a moment with a new boy… Pat). It’s just a nice way for me to clear my head. I like writing it all out and really thinking it through on my own and being as repetitive as I want to while trying to figure out the details. I’ve found this to be a great way to really examine things that surround me in a more in depth way.

This is great exercise for me as a writer to understanding people in general and writing believable people/relationships. I find myself always trying to dig deeper into what makes the world tick so that I can create interesting situations in books later on.

I’ve been off and and on with this already. I’ll write a few days in a row then forget for a few days. Then write a ton and then stop for a few days. This is frustrating me. I need to focus harder on this.

I met Dylan (finally) and he’s seriously my new idol, which I tell him near constantly and think makes him feel self conscious, but I’m totally shitty about being subtle. The boy draws 24 hours a day…. or close to at least. It’s amazing to me and all it makes me think is “no wonder why he’s so damn amazing.”

If I’m serious about touching the world, I want to start recording my thoughts more often… I want to make an effort to generate new ideas and observations daily to use in projects I have. I want to do research and takes notes and record all these thoughts so as to enrich my writing. I want to be writing near constantly, consciously focusing on dissecting life.

This is going to go with some other goals I’ve decided to focus on that I haven’t written yet. Soon.