That title sounds very deep and meaningful, doesn't it?
Like a manifesto for the future of everything.
Well, not quite. Don't go over the top, Chris.
I'm very into plans and schedules and To Do lists, not because I'm naturally very organised, but rather, because I'm naturally very disorganised.
Basically if I don't plan, then nothing gets done at all, or I end up doing a whole lot of things I shouldn't be doing and before I know it, I am yet another year older and all I have to show for it is less hair (and believe me, I am definitely losing my hair).
Now (as any good book on organisation and planning will tell you) all plans need to be realistic. It wasn't realistic to expect to be able to write too much when I had a little lovable baby rascal rolling all over the place (AJ has now upgraded from rolling to crawling, but he still makes the same amount of noise - and it is noise, not sound). And it still isn't realistic to devote too much time to writing when he is still eight months old, either, is it?
But I do plan to write a novel this year. I have a great premise and I am pretty darn excited about it (and I am not the excitable type - okay, maybe sometimes). I've started going to the library again on Saturdays (an agreement with my wife for giving her time for relaxation on Sundays), I've completed lots of research and now I'm in the plotting stage. If I keep to my (hopefully realistic) schedule, then March to October will be devoted to drafting and then November to January to editing.
I'm not Superman (stating the obvious, I don't have the physique and I don't fly) and so other things in my life will need to be relegated or removed. Realistically, there is always going to be some unexpected drama just around the corner, and I've taken this into account (see, I indicated that I can be organised when I want to be) but there just isn't room in my life for, say, keeping super fit or posting lots of photos on Facebook.
And so, by this time next year, I may be a bit boring and have a slightly flabby belly and have even less hair, but I will at least have created something that I am proud of and that can never be taken away.
Wow, I can be deep you know.
And I will try my best to keep my blog updated. It can at the very least be a log of how well I am progressing. If, in a year from now I am super fit and have lots of photos on Facebook but no completed novel then, quite rightly, you can say I only have myself to blame...
