Monday, 24 November 2008

Thinking about New Year

Around about this time of year I start reading over my diary, reflecting on what's changed, what's stayed the same, things I have experienced.  I also start pondering over ideas for resolutions, which inevitably end up being the same, and inevitably end up being forgotten by mid-February.  They usually go as follows:

1.  Get fit!!
2.  Stop complaining/whining so much.
3.  Write more.

... sometimes with the odd extra one or two tacked on at the end.  But those ones always remain the same.  Having said that, I am getting better with Number Two.  Slowly, but on reflection I am nowhere near as bad as I used to be.  As for the Get Fit, it just never seems to happen, a combination of lethargy and my asthma excuses.  However I've finally come up with an idea which may just work - a trampette.  No cold air, I can listen to my favourite tunes while I'm doing it, it's fun (as far as exercise goes) and it will tone up my problem areas.  I figured that for my upper arms I could get into a habit of doing press-ups again, and that way I should be able to tone my whole body fairly easily.  Yay!

And as for the writing, well.  I'm just lazy and bored.  It's hard to write well when you're bored, because there's no motivation.  My book has ground to a halt again, as I've started reading more often and have realized just how many flaws and weak points there are to be fixed, mainly in terms of my characters.  I have also realized that I am probably a little young to be writing a book.  I know there are younger authors than me in the world but, I don't feel like I have enough life experience to make it work, not enough to apply to my idea.  Does that make sense?  I guess I just want to do it justice.  So I'm planning on writing a few short stories based around the characters in the book, to get a better 'feel' for their personalities.

I'm sure this has been an incredibly boring post, but ah well.  Thanks for reading anyways.

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