(I've crossposted a longer version to my own blog)
- I was offered a temp assignment covering for an real, fully-fledged editor. (I'm a copyeditor/freelancer/occasional temping at publishers). And I stepped into the editor's shoes and did all of the things I was told to do and did them well without needing supervision. - I've done a lot of working on how I think and what I need to know in order to master complex skills, and I've broken through a number of walls. This doesn't yet completely translate to the page in my writing, but I'm starting to see the first results, and I'm loving it. - I went to a meetup for a blog I occasionally read and it was full of awesome people, and awesome conversations were had. - I finished one of my personal side projects, a Filemaker database focussed on what the next step in any given project is. And it contains items that I want to do which I can do when I can't brain and items that will only take a few minutes for when I feel I haven't achieved anything that day, and items I can tackle when I feel particularly inspired to Do Something. Depression/Anxiety is constricting my focus, this is helping to open it up again in a non-threatening, non-overwhelming manner, because I can just Hide All The Scary Things if I need to. - I have truly awesome friends.
Good things!
- I was offered a temp assignment covering for an real, fully-fledged editor. (I'm a copyeditor/freelancer/occasional temping at publishers). And I stepped into the editor's shoes and did all of the things I was told to do and did them well without needing supervision.
- I've done a lot of working on how I think and what I need to know in order to master complex skills, and I've broken through a number of walls. This doesn't yet completely translate to the page in my writing, but I'm starting to see the first results, and I'm loving it.
- I went to a meetup for a blog I occasionally read and it was full of awesome people, and awesome conversations were had.
- I finished one of my personal side projects, a Filemaker database focussed on what the next step in any given project is. And it contains items that I want to do which I can do when I can't brain and items that will only take a few minutes for when I feel I haven't achieved anything that day, and items I can tackle when I feel particularly inspired to Do Something. Depression/Anxiety is constricting my focus, this is helping to open it up again in a non-threatening, non-overwhelming manner, because I can just Hide All The Scary Things if I need to.
- I have truly awesome friends.