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I've been dealing with a bout of brain fog for these past few months, so it's been hard to do anything creative, especially writing. It's just hard to focus and put scenes together like I could while I was working over the summer.
The thing that has always turned me off from NaNoWriMo — besides the inherent insanity involved in writing anything close to novel-length in only a month, complete or not —is that November is almost always one of the most busy and chaotic months of the year for me, which means that creative projects are often the last things on my mind during much of that time... let alone a project as epic as NaNoWriMo. I've sometimes contemplated simply doing the challenge on another month and counting myself as having participated that way, but I've never actually followed through with a plan like that. I'm sorry to hear that you ended up not being able to participate for an even less pleasant reason, though.I'm gonna return to writing DE because NaNo this year was a bust. We could have made it, but I had overtime and we were both ill so it didn't really work out.
While I don't consider myself to be a financial expert by any means, I can definitely say from experience that it's a good idea to make a strict budget for yourself each month and stick to it as doggedly as realistically possible. Personally, I also constantly keep savings in mind whenever I make pretty much any kind of substantial financial decision, including setting my monthly budget. This is reflected in the somewhat complicated budgeting system that I have, where I balance the total money I have with both my set monthly budget and a more long-term "saving budget" that consists of, well, how much money I want to save for the greater future. This balancing can happen several times in any given month, depending on what's happening in said month... let's just say that the calculator is one of the more consistently used apps on my phone. Your mileage will vary as to how complicated things can become with your own particular financial situation, of course.The other thing I'm determined about is sorting out my finances. I've been living independently for a few months now and I still haven't got a real budget. There are plenty of resources online (even though many are specific to the US) but any advice is welcome. ;3
Winter is a funny time of year for me, in that it's simultaneously the most exciting and the most depressing time. It's exciting because of things like snow, the holidays, and extended family time, all of which are wonderful... and yet there are also things like the shorter days and extended nights that literally make me more depressed than usual. It's still better than fall, though, which can be equally as gloomy with the excitement of the winter season to at least partially counteract everything else.Hope everyone is doing well. Remember that it a winter now and the long nights will affect you even if you don't realise it.
It's funny... my diet pretty much is leafy greens and seafood at the moment, and yet I can't help but feel like I've been experiencing a lot of that same brain fog lately, at least when it comes to creative endeavors. But maybe that last little detail there is the clue in my case, because I've been thinking a lot about money and the future lately and there's definitely no brain fog involved there. Priorities, maybe?I've been dealing with a bout of brain fog for these past few months, so it's been hard to do anything creative, especially writing. It's just hard to focus and put scenes together like I could while I was working over the summer. I've determined that I want to make a balance between working on original material and finishing my PMD series, as the former I plan to write for years to come, while the latter only has a few more stories past Twilit Destinies before I exhaust it. I may have been unsure before, but I feel confident in that.
Provided that I can get rid of the brain fog. I've been hopping around to all sorts of conclusions as to why I'm experiencing it, and I think I've narrowed it down to a lack of magnesium in my diet. It's actually pretty common to be deficient in that, as its primarily found in leafy greens and seafood--both things I don't take much appreciation in. Still, I've already found that I had a lack of Vitamin A because I was experiencing itchy eyes periodically the past few weeks, and after eating a bag of cooked peas--one of the few vegetables I enjoy--I started feeling better.
So, yeah...eat your veggies. Otherwise, you'll end up like me and end up doing nothing. I've got a headache now, but I anticipate feeling able to write again once it passes.