200th Post, Woohoo

This week was a firecracker of a week. I stuck to the schedule I made before the start of the week for the most part, only drifting from it in the afternoon and on the weekend but I got quite a lot done. I hit my targets for writing and didn’t have to force myself to write, it was actually flowing naturally, which is a nice change. Next week I will be returning to work and on the 20th I will be returning to uni, so I’m not sure if I can keep up the momentum but I will try. I will be moving back upstairs into my room and and so hopefully I won’t waste so much time just trying to get warm up there.

I haven’t done as much reading as I probably should have but did read for half an hour from Monday through to Friday and that’s a significant increase since I finished A Song for the Dying and The Secret River. I’m currently reading Jane Eyre and The Odyssey. I’m really liking Jane Eyre at the moment and I think it’s because it’s not what I expected as well as being relatable. If this is the style that the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen write in then I’m going to enjoy all of their novels, with perfect hatred for everyone except a select few. I hated drama and romance growing up. I couldn’t relate to it and often thought the people involved stupid, but the efforts of Austen and Bronte are persuading me otherwise. It’s not filled with flowery romance and happy endings but is laced with harsh realities and characters I can actually sympathise for. They make me feel less like a sociopath when compared to me feelings on other drama/romance novels/film. Anime, manga and Austen & Bronte is where my feelings are at now. And Tomi Adeyemi. The first novel I read of hers woke up the excited reader within who is enthralled by fantasy, the one who I’d almost forgotten was there.

Currently, my targets for the week are at:

• 12,841 / 10,000 for “Personal Writing”
• 8,123 / 5,000 for “Professional Writing”

With this week being a success, I feel oiled for another great week. I’m trying to perfect the practice of keeping the momentum of good and productive weeks by trying to make them as positive as possible. Reflect on the bad and dwell on the good. Don’t ignore the bad times but focus on the better areas of life, whether it’s in the past or the present. Thinking positive without letting those rotten roots grow.

I also got my final grades back today. My GPA went up! Hooray! I didn’t expect it, to be honest. I thought my GPPA would just go down the longer I did the degree but it’s now the highest it’s been: 5.7. That might not be a great GPA for some people (I don’t know what’s average or should be the standard) but I’m pretty proud of myself and my little support circle is too. I went from not knowing if I was going to make it through 2018 to totally flipping my mental health on it’s head and improving my GPA. Let’s hope I can maintain this for semester. Bring on graduation!

That’s my Writing Reflection for the week starting the 29th June 2020.