Well I will be honest, I think this is the first time I sat down to the screen this month. It is also, the end of the month so it has been highly unproductive. I am hoping that will change soon though, I have so much to do and so little time. Honestly, this month I have just been so tired, there has been a bit of running around which lead to more procrastinating and not feeling very creative. I’ve been feeling really run down lately. I have high hopes for April though, it should be a better writing month, there is a bit of running around but it will be organised running around.

How is everyone liking Carpe Noctem? I must admit I do enjoy that one, its quite fun doing something without a moment by moment scene by scene plan, it is a bit more free form with a tiny bit of scaffolding work type deal.

Knitter Knatter, that is an on and off love, its hard to write about something you just do while watching tv.

Speaking of tv… Netflix… Whatever… Well I had lost touch with watching Neighbours for the last year or two, I’ve recently started watching that again as a guilty pleasure. I am also watching Once Upon a Time again.

I have higher hopes for next month. I better order some new books from amazon this month too… It’s gonna be an expensive little while…

Nothing changes here in terms of throwing plugs in for my amazon books on my author page…

May luck and adventure be on your side!

ARA

xxx

I am working a more on number 1 (write one book). Carpe Noctem is really becoming more fun the more I write.

I have booked a west end show, so that makes 2 a certainty.

The first to be completed! The successful goal was to complete one knitting project, the baby things for my work colleague is the first thing I can tick off although I am sure I will keep knitting more things this year in general.

24/7 Goals:

1. Write one book
2. See a west end show
3. Write a second book
4. Create/keep a writing schedule that works for me
5. Keep working on arappleby.com
6. Work with an agent/publisher
7. Complete one knitting project
8. Complete some crafting cross stitch project
9. Keep doing daily positive aspects
10. Complete one minor savings goal
11. Get Christmas wrapped up early (ie. Halloween)
12. Learn a new song on guitar
13. Work on the schedule and make it work for this year
14. Do another “on the fly” project
15. Draw or sketch something to a point that you are happy with it
16. Learn how to do winged eyeliner freehand
17. Win the lottery
18. Dress up and go out for an evening
19. Buy a Kat Von D eyeliner
20. Read five books this year minimum
21. Get a tattoo (either finish one or get a whole new one)
22. Create a budget that works really well
23. Go ice skating at least once
24. Enjoy 2019 as much as you possibly can!

I hope you all had a lovely Valentines or Galentines or whatever you wanted to call it this year. I spent Valentines day this year sat in front of the screen doing writing! Which was if I am honest long overdue. I procrastinated a lot recently. But we celebrated Valentines day a couple of days earlier, for those interested, we had a great day playing Mario Party and we even cooked a delicious dinner, and we watched a nice movie, and decided on an adventure together this year…

So I hope you are liking the new projects on here, knitting and wording alike. It seems this years writing trend for me has been the new Carpe Noctem story and Knitter Knatter although admittedly I haven’t exactly done much writing for the big project although there is a lot of change in the air for it.

I have been really enjoying writing Carpe Noctem but more so the fun of having an endgame to be working towards. It’s not got the same sort of certainty as the big project. Mind you, having thought about it, it doesn’t have to. I have found Knitter Knatter a bit tricky mainly because stopping and taking the odd pictures when I remember that I am meant to be doing it messes up with the flow but it is interesting to see it materialising from nothing. Though it feels unusual to write about knitting in any way other than a passing comment.

The writing schedule is still pretty easy to procrastinate on so I might need an entirely new tactic… Just got to work out the best way to move forward.

February has felt a bit more stressful than usual. I would guess putting too much pressure on myself for things beyond my control. Plus beating myself up for not writing as much or as often as I believe I should be. I love writing, but it is easy to give into the feeling of being tired. A distinct lack of energy to do anything. I’m working on that.

That no more spending rule didn’t go well this month, simply because there’s too much fun to be had. Maybe next month, there’s no Valentines day in March so more chance then…

I hope I stick to the “schedule” for March and manage to smash a few goals.

Nothing changes here in terms of throwing plugs in for my amazon books on my author page…

May luck and adventure be on your side!

ARA

xxx