Quick recap: in 2023, had cataract surgery and replaced the lens in both eyes. Early in 2024, had a Yag Laser procedure done. Could see again. Kind of amazing.
Midway through 2024, a haze completely covered my right eye. You know those eye charts the doctor puts up as part of your exam?…
I’ve already written about my word count goals, as well as the movement changes I’m making for 2025.
Now, I’m going to write about the diet and other changes I’m making.
I need to lose weight. I’m a little below the heaviest I’ve ever been, but not by much.…
2024 wasn’t the best year. Normally, I don’t make a lot of New Year’s resolutions. I’d much rather change things over time, implement a new way of doing things when the time is appropriate, and not just save it all up.…
I’ve been writing for a while. I’m currently writing my seventy-second (72) novel. I have some opinions about writing, the process and the craft.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to realize that there’s very little advice about writing that works for every writer.…
2024 wasn’t the best year for me. I was more productive by the end of the year than I thought was possible. That still doesn’t make it a good year.
Overall, I wrote over 360K words. Considering that I was only planning on 400K, and given how the year turned out, that isn’t bad.…
I was fairly emotional the couple of weeks before Christmas. There was the anniversary of my kitty’s death, which made me feel mournful. There was my birthday, which made me feel a bit older. There was a meeting with members of my family, which wasn’t as stressful as it could have been, mainly because I’ve changed my approach.…
I’ve been trying to play fewer games on my phone, do other things in the evening instead of staring at it. My goal is also to have my place a little darker at night. I’m experimenting with less light at night, to see if that will help with my sleep.…
Actually, two things. Kind of.
In March of 2023 I started a knitting project, basically, a blanket. The pattern is kind of like a quilt. (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/modular-knit-quilt) I finished it recently. However, I didn’t make it exactly like the pattern.…
I wrote 50K words during the month of October 2024.
YAY! GO ME!
The last time I managed that was October 2023. That was also the only month in 2023 that I wrote that much. The last year that I consistently wrote 50K per month was 2019.…
I have a friend who’s considering getting a pellet grill. As I’ve had mine for over a year now, and I use it at least once a week (if not more) I figured that I had some opinions on the matter that I could let y’all know about.…