Ah, someone who understands!! :) My health is fairly poor right now - I have fibromyalgia as well as a variety of different mental illnesses, and while they are decently managed, that doesn't mean my quality of life is perfect by any means. I still struggle a lot on a day-to-day basis. That's one reason why I love NaNo so much - because it helps me get out of my head and into the lives and minds of people I create from scratch. Writing is so cathartic.
Anyway, my real concern is having to handle the papers and exams that are all piling up in November. I'm also worried that if I don't win NaNo, I'm going to feel like a failure (last year was my first year doing it, and I won, which felt GREAT - but I also didn't have anything else going on, like grad school or a job, etc.). Not that not winning NaNo makes you a failure, in any way, but it's a "feelings thing" and feelings are not always logical. :)
Ooh, yes, that is a good impetus!! :D Good luck with your NaNoing!!
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Date: 2012-10-21 04:20 pm (UTC)Anyway, my real concern is having to handle the papers and exams that are all piling up in November. I'm also worried that if I don't win NaNo, I'm going to feel like a failure (last year was my first year doing it, and I won, which felt GREAT - but I also didn't have anything else going on, like grad school or a job, etc.). Not that not winning NaNo makes you a failure, in any way, but it's a "feelings thing" and feelings are not always logical. :)
Ooh, yes, that is a good impetus!! :D Good luck with your NaNoing!!