It seems to me that life always has this way of taking over, or maybe I just let it, who really knows. What I do know is that all I can do is continue to try and in that vein I am back again, maybe? hopefully? something.
Dreams, goals, all those things we want to achieve, sometimes life knocks them back and that is what happened. I often talk of NaNoWriMo and Camp NaNo, well I participated in the last Camp NaNo, and I even achieved my goal word count, that I had to keep lowering, until I had it at its lowest. I was somewhat disappointed in myself. He I went from regularly getting at minimum 50k words a month to just barely scratching 10k!
I spent part of that looking at what it was. Was it the genre of the story I was trying to write, I shifted it, nope didn’t help. Was it that I didn’t feel the idea, well, I really love it and think it has potential, so no it couldn’t be that either… In the end, I think it boiled down to being burned out. From so much in my life, from writing all the time and really pushing (which is how I really feel one achieves their goals), and just trying too hard. The last piece I wrote before I was so proud of, felt it was my best ever piece of writing to date, I just couldn’t compare to it, so in the end, I stepped back. I let life happen for a little while, I recharged.
Let’s fast forward to now… Knowing the only way to achieve my goals is to fight for them, I am back, more refreshed (I hope, *grins*), and ready to take up the gauntlet once more.
All that said and out there, I have been trying something new. I have been playing a video game *gasp* I know, shocking for me too! The game is League of Legends, and to be honest I suck! But, it has been a fun new learning experience. In trying to get better a friend directed me to a really great youtuber, and one of his video’s really hit me. There is much encouragement to be had in this world, and no matter your dreams; to be a writer, a gamer, photographer, or whatever they are you can take something from those around you! So I will leave you with this wonderfully inspiring video, and I hope it gives you that little spark that it gave to me!
Random Acts of Writing 
Back in the saddle! Congratulations, it’s so good to see you bouncing back! You are so resilient it’s ridiculous and inspirational **hugs**
Thanks!!! I always try to keep up the resilience… we need to make a pact! *grins* we both do so much better when we work together some… NaNo is fast approaching as well, I have to really get serious about prepping as I am ML again this year!!!
Yay!!! So glad you’re back! I kept looking at your blog and dreamlandinsurgents’s over the summer. Hope you’re both back!
I do believe that it will be a bit yet before dreamland insurgent’s is back due to him being in school. Seems to make one uber busy as I recall *grins* been wanting to go back myself.
It is good to be back, I have not yet hit my post a day as before, but I am plugging away, still finding myself it seems. I hope that you enjoy!