ten things to post on this heavensite

[lobelia321]

 Update on things:

Thing One. I am obsessively running finances in order to determine whether I can afford to take early retirement. Werk is underwhelming.

Thing Two: Research which is putatively part of werk is, on the other hand, very whelming. If I didn't have werk, I could devote more time to it.

Thing Three: I am still planning the life of a selfpublished novelist. Another reason to retire.

Thing Four: The sister sends photos of her over-wintering in sunny Egypt every single gloomy January and beyond day. And there goes another reason to retire.

Thing Five: I have written 1,700 words of Dudley/Draco secretary fic omg. If I retired, I could write 17,000 words.

Thing Six: I watched Everest on iplayer. The book by Kracauer was gripping, and so is the movie. Studio sets, though, are studio sets. Still, I should be thankful they didn't expose actors to life-threatening conditions.

Thing Seven: T'older son's wedding looms.

Thing Eight: My own divorce looms. 

Thing Nine: The dog is a dog.

Thing Ten: And now I must really to bed.

Comments

[isis]

Good luck! Being retired is v. v. nice in many respects. At least you don't have to deal with the problem of retiring before being Medicare-eligible; you do not want to know how much I pay for health insurance.

Good luck with the wedding and with the divorce. (And with the dog, I guess.)

[lobelia321]

Thank you! I am blessed with national healthcare and a very good pension scheme plus an inheritance and savings from the pandemic. There is dementia in my genealogy so I do wonder how many years of mental clarity I have left

[princessofgeeks]

Wishing that all your dreams come true.

[lobelia321]

Thank you, my dear!

[igenlode]

Thing Five doesn't work that way :-p
(Even in the best of circumstances you simply can't spend more than about four hours a day writing, and in practice the more theoretical time you have the less of it you tend to spend; the most productive writing schedule is in general the one that involves writing without fail every day during your fifteen-minute break at work, rather than the one that involves waiting for the perfect moment when you have an entire free day to devote to it...)

[lobelia321]

Oh don't I actually know it. I have managed to do nanowrimo for decades (and our local branch is going stronger than ever post-nano) and written 60-100k in November while working full-time. So maybe the lesson to learn is: the aim is not to spend more hours writing but fewer hours doing a tedious job.

[lobelia321]

otoh I did finish an academic book in a month during lockdown when that was all I was doing all day

[igenlode]

Fewer hours of boredom is always a good target... (and as they say, if you want something done, then ask a busy woman!)

[tamaranth]

100% in favour of your mood! And +1 vote for retirement if you can afford it, even if it means a decrease in living standards. You have so much else -- so much more -- you could be doing.

If you replace 'looms' with 'will happen' it sounds less omiloomious.