Attract Mode

Interesting observation. Something good from work?

October 26th, 2006

So, I’ve hit a snag on the outlining that will require a slowdown– some worldbulding, some re-consideration. My self-imposed schedule, as you might recall, is very tight. Even tighter, since I was aiming for finishing the outline on the 30th so I could have a day to breathe before launching into the text.

I get all panicky when I think of my schedule as a hard deadline, as ‘must have X by end of November’.

But when I think of it like I was taught to think of deadlines at work, as ‘I think I can have X by the end of November, but of course events may revise that’, I feel calm, relaxed, as if it’s achievable.

I have to remember my theories about not rushing. But I also have to balance those against various unavoidable time limits. Juggle juggle.

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