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Where’s the Mysterious Line Between Too Much and Not Enough?
How do you identify this mysterious line along any given path?
I sometimes wonder if I am doing too much or not enough. This applies to many of the paths I’m walking in my life.
For example — writing and editing. This year, I’ve written and published 6 novels. Was that too much — or not enough?
How can I question this? Because I know an author who publishes about a book a month. Decent, good books. That’s more than my 6 this year.
For 2022, I have 11 books planned/plotted, plus 1 to edit and publish. Can I/will I produce all of them next year? If not all of them — which of them?
Then — let’s add a wrinkle to this process — my freelance jobs eat up some of my time, now. Despite the daily goal I set for myself — am I writing enough? I have missed my daily 1500 words of fiction writing goal more often than made it.
This is especially apparent as I am attempting to participate in NaNoWriMo with one of the above-mentioned 11 books.
Too much versus not enough is a completely arbitrary line that only I can recognize and negotiate. Even still, it is not always apparent — and before I know it, I’m overwhelmed.
