I participated in NaNoWriMo again in November 2010 and also this year I succeeded in getting to the magic 50k marker! ‘Lady in name, Knight at heart’ is standing here at home as my second try-out book :). The dream comes closer with the year!
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1. Write a novel...
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2. Play more actively with my cat Sierra...
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3. Join an archery club
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4. Learn how to surf...
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5. Learn Spanish...
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6. Care less about what others might think...
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7. Live IN the world instead of next to it...
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8. Live active instead of passive...
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9. Get over my anxiety / fear neurosis...
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10. Do more photography...
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11. Eat healthier...
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12. Relax more often...
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13. Visit Granada...
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14. Visit Canada...
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15. Visit New Zealand...
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16. Ride on a quad...
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17. Ride on a dirtbike...
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18. Ride on a waterscooter...
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19. Ride along in a Ferrari...
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20. Swim with dolphins...
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21. See the Aurora Borealis with my own eyes...
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22. Ride along in a Formula 1 car...
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23. Visit Tsingy de Bemaraha
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24. Go to a masqued Venetian ball or event
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How I did it: Originally, two years ago or something, I came form 63 kilo. But that was a period in which I ate a whole packet of biscuits every single evening. In the first two months, I had to be hard on myself. I did not diet for real, I just kicked aside the biscuits and candy and stuff. As I was a chocaholic and sugar-addict, it was quiet hard in the beginning. But I definately wanted to lose some fat. So I got through it. As said, I did not … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I just kept challenging myself to keep trying the routes, keep finding how to conquer the crux and never giving up! Also very important is to keep an eye on other climbers, focus on their techniques to learn them yourself and if you are stuck on a route and think you can do it but just don't know how: just ask someone! Read how I did it…
How I did it: (Just a note: 10 months is just the time between the invitation and the actual party.) I kept pushing myself. Even though I knew I would have to go alone, I kept pushing myself to go. I kept telling myself that if I would not go, I would regret it, not knowing who would have come and how it would have been. I bought new clothes especially for this reunion, an extra push to force me to go. I just kept talking myself courage and kept pushin… Read how I did it…
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I have not been doing this daily, just not always able to and sometimes when I can, she’s asleep. But I am playing actively with her on a quite regular basis and she loves it! I had neglected it for a while the last years, but she is completely living up again. Absolutely going to keep this goal!
I have participated in the NaNoWriMo of 2009 and I succeeded in writing a completed story of 50.000+ words in less than a month. It is a very good training and I can recoomend it to everybody! Problem now though is to try my hand at editting and rewriting the story. I should try to get the story at 100K+ words to make it resemble anything close to a novel. And of course edit it completely. This is a huge difficulty for me as I have never done it before and it scares me. I just can’t put myself to it. But I have now promised myself to try it when the weather improves and I can sit outside with the whole thing, without any possible distractions.
If I can do this and I can get to 100K, add a side story, rewrite the whole thing and edit it, then I am a HUGE step forwards again. Who knows, the story might be good enough to try and get it published.
Ahh, so sweet the dream!
