A Little Pre-NaNoWriMo Nerve Calming

I just popped over to Jerry’s blog to try to catch up on the last 2 years, and found a post about this year’s NaNoWriMo. In it, he offered three reasons that taking part in NaNoWriMo is a Good Thing for people:

1. They are being creative. Rather than switch their brains off when they get home from school or work, they are switching them on. This can be habit-forming.

2. They are committing to something outside their usual routine. Consistency is the key to success and it takes a special kind of commitment to do something outside your comfort zone. This can be habit-forming.

3. They are making something. It may suck, but the balance of human endeavor will be tipped just a little more towards “worthwhile”. They are producing rather than consuming. What have you added to humanity’s list of accomplishments lately?

While I read that, I felt a little better about this challenge I have set myself.

Now that I realise I am 62 minutes away from midnight, I am a little more hesitant to smile again. Lola is due to wake in an hour or so, and I am wondering if I should take that opportunity to begin….