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★ Most of the children in the classroom I work with are non-verbal. We have one student who is verbal; we know this because he will sing "Uptown Funk" when he needs to go to the bathroom. If we need to convince him to go to the bathroom, we only have to sing or play "Uptown Funk" to get him to go with no complaint. So you'd think that's great, the kiddo LOVES a fun song and it motivates him to do things he needs to, BUT one of the therapists is insisting he shouldn't be using *this* song for motivation and has come up with a "more appropriate" song we should use. frankly it sucks but if the therapist is outlining it in the care plan we're supposed to follow it, sooooooo :/
★ 600 words during last night's writing session which is a high for me! \o/ Getting close to finishing the first draft of the most PWP fic. Which is great as far as reaching goals is concerned, but not so great when that means all the porn with plot will be left, waiting to be...plotted. which, honestly, i don't think i've ever really done lmao. Fanfiction is funny like that.
I've been trying to be gentler with myself as far as setting and meeting daily goals are concerned. The only hard rules I keep are "if you haven't written by 8pm, sit down and write 200 words." i don't always like what i've put down but it's a goal i can hit consistently and i'm more likely to exceed it which makes me feel more productive rather than "you only wrote 300 words? lol bad"
I used to find the actual act of writing very exhausting and unpleasant, but i've learned to be less harsh on myself in the past few years so it feels mildly cathartic now. it's not a bad feeling.
★ On pillowfort i have encountered a bug that makes images hosted on PiFo not display, which makes the whole site a bit difficult to engage with. this and several other factors have made me...less than enthusiastic about really trying to make it work as a personal OR fandom space for me. I still have this vague sense of duty to try and help it succeed, if only because the *idea* of a blog site with tumblr/twitter-like sharing capabilities and dreamwidth-style privacy settings is so appealing--but i'm not sure it's something even i'm looking for any more.
★ 600 words during last night's writing session which is a high for me! \o/ Getting close to finishing the first draft of the most PWP fic. Which is great as far as reaching goals is concerned, but not so great when that means all the porn with plot will be left, waiting to be...plotted. which, honestly, i don't think i've ever really done lmao. Fanfiction is funny like that.
I've been trying to be gentler with myself as far as setting and meeting daily goals are concerned. The only hard rules I keep are "if you haven't written by 8pm, sit down and write 200 words." i don't always like what i've put down but it's a goal i can hit consistently and i'm more likely to exceed it which makes me feel more productive rather than "you only wrote 300 words? lol bad"
I used to find the actual act of writing very exhausting and unpleasant, but i've learned to be less harsh on myself in the past few years so it feels mildly cathartic now. it's not a bad feeling.
★ On pillowfort i have encountered a bug that makes images hosted on PiFo not display, which makes the whole site a bit difficult to engage with. this and several other factors have made me...less than enthusiastic about really trying to make it work as a personal OR fandom space for me. I still have this vague sense of duty to try and help it succeed, if only because the *idea* of a blog site with tumblr/twitter-like sharing capabilities and dreamwidth-style privacy settings is so appealing--but i'm not sure it's something even i'm looking for any more.
