Of course to a lot
of people the difference between 500 and 2,000 is 1,500 and that is
the difference in my writing total over the last couple of years. I
started in 2013 tracking how many words a day that I could write and
I have say that I was always excited when I was able to write around
500 words a day. It was something that I know that I had to work
hard at doing.
I have been looking
at my tracking for my word count and have seen that in 2013 there
were lots of days when the low word count was 0 and the high through
the entire 2013 was 2,642. That was something that I was extremely
happy to see when I could get past some of those writing on average
the 500 words a day.
I have continued to
track my writing on a daily basis as I am determined to ensure that I
can write every day and also try and improve where I have been
overall in the last few years. As I am writing this blog I am on day
977 (August 28th) of continual writing and that makes me
very happy.
Here is how my
writing has progressed over the last few years.
-
Daily low
Daily high
Average monthly high
2013
0
2642
640.23
2014
252
2443
1387.84
2015
222
5017
2197.06
2016
798
6203
2199.1
What is nice is
seeing that I can sometimes explain why the low is so bad. In 2015 I
had a low of 222 words and I can remember that day extremely well.
That was in October and I was working at a polling station for the
Federal election. We had been told to bring things to do in case we
had some slow time. At the location where I was stationed we didn’t
have a lot of slow time so there wasn’t time to sit and write or do
most other things. By the time I got home I had no energy so the
writing that I did that day was what I was able to do first thing in
the morning before heading out for the day at the polling station.
I have seen some
very interesting highs and lows and that is something that I have
been enjoying doing. I have continued to increase my daily goal
from 500 to 750 to now 1,500 per day. What is interesting is how I
am seeing that through 2016 I have been able to write over 2,000
words a day for all but January. I am going to continue to see how I
do for the rest of the year as I would love to see totals that are
what I had no idea that I could do. The nicest thing that I saw this
year was when I achieved the 6,203 words in a day. This was actually
achieved while sitting with others around me and they noticed that I
had kept writing for quite a while so they asked me what I was doing.
I let them know that I had been writing some blogs and just general
journaling. By the end of the day I was able to let them know that I
have achieved a lot of writing in the time I had spent sitting in an
office environment just doing my own thing.
I continue to write
each day as that really helps me deal with a lot of things. Yes, I
write for work and also pleasure and that is what I can say I enjoy.
There are days when blogs just seem to happen and then there are days
when writing can be very interesting because a lot of just general
notes got written. Writing for me is something that I really enjoy
doing and of course there are things that I am working on that may
never see the light of day and then there are the other things that
get posted as blogs or pages on my website.
To write on a daily
basis shouldn’t be a challenge. If it is something that you find
hard just try writing a few words each day and then see how it goes.
You may find that you enjoy doing it or you may not but if you don’t
try you will never know. From 500 to 2,000 and now to see where it
goes from here, only time will tell.
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