A Year in Writing; 2025 β A Retrospective
Following the same theme from 2024, the amount of prose I got written this year amounted to checks notes sod all. Unlike last year, I feel like in 2025 had I sat my arse down, opened a blank document and told myself to writeβ¦ I probably couldβve come up with something, which is promising. But a combination of health and circumstances meant I kinda just didnβt want to? And I wasnβt going to force it.
Stats
Overall Word Count: 157484
Highest Word Count in a Day: 7956 (JUL 30)
Average Word Count on a Writing Day: 1050
Priority Project: 100833
Other Projects: 0
Notes, Emails, & Correspondence: 36380
What I Learned as a Writer in 2025:
If your cat needs medicine and wonβt tolerate tablet medicine, do everything in your power to get your hands on LIQUID medication. On a related note, get a couple special medicine towels you donβt mind getting soiled with medicine and shredded while keep your cat gently restrained.
If you have a stress-aggravated chronic illness just assume itβs going to suddenly get worse and plan accordingly. Pack a hospital bag and remember to include a blank notebook (one of the 15 you have to your enormous shame) and pens/pencils. Also phone charger and cable, and whiteboard marker jic.
With a lot of patience, perseverance, and coordinating with you medical team, sometimes you can convince the government to leave you the fuck alone for a while.
Maps are fun. :3
Neography is also fun but typography software gives me a headache. 3:
Writing Goals for 2026:
TBH I donβt know if I can be bothered to make writing goals for the year. If the muse bites me I wonβt ignore it, but the project/s Iβm currently working on is serving me just fine. 2026 is my year to be selfish and boring, and get the rest Iβve desperately needed to actually recover from burn out. I step into the future, not bright and bushy tailed, but into a new era.
In many ways this year hit much like 2017, and I found myself back at square one in a way I didnβt expect. For me 2018 marked the beginning of piecing myself back together as my body crumbled around me, and resulted in me writing fanfiction for the very first time as a way to cope and try not to lose what brain function I had. This led to me starting this blog roughly 7 years ago, and things started to improve. I met a lot of important in my life who I love very much. And through a lot of hardwork and believing myself, am probably at the most medically stable Iβve been since I was likeβ¦ 16.
Soβ¦ Iβve leaving myself open on purpose. No deadlines, no writing goals, just girl man hurtling towards his 40s who is going to be okay.
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