Although I knew it was happening months ago, I didn’t decide to do Camp NaNoWriMo until yesterday. The format is different from the regular NaNoWriMo. You declare your own goal, words or time, which is great because I haven’t managed to write 50,000 words in a month for more than 10 years. You’re in a “cabin”, making it easier to connect with other writers. (You don’t have to do the cabin.) There are so many people during the regular NaNoWriMo, it felt overwhelming to me. I barely participate in the forums then. I guess choosing a few boards to focus on would be a good strategy in the future.

I chose to write 100 words a day or 3,000 words total for April. I’m trying to take James Clear’s advice to start very small and to link to an existing habit in order to create a new habit. I’m pretty good about walking first thing in the morning, so I want to create the habit of writing when I come back from my walk.

I still need to tweak the routine. After my walk today, I made breakfast, then checked on my Facebook, Instagram, blogs I’m following, took a shower… Yeah, not what I had in mind. Tomorrow I will bring my laptop down to the kitchen table and have it ready to go when I come back in from my walk. I should disable the wifi too. Get my words out then onto the rest of my day.

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