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Buffer? I hardly know 'er!
18 years ago
Now here is something I didn't anticipate: my reward system has developed a buffer.
Here is what my reward system consists of:
-special prizes I have pre-purchased and set aside for when I pass the required 25k and 50k marks, as well as a big bonus prize for reaching 100k words. This, I have no problem with.
-a Reese's peanut butter cup every time I write another 2500 words. At my current word count, I have earned a total of 6 so far. Whenever I'm in the zone, though, I end up passing two 2500 word milestones, which I suppose is good for me, except...
-every 1000 words earns a mug of hot chocolate.
Right now, not counting the mug I have in front of me, I have a buffer of four. I didn't anticipate writing so rapidly, nor did I anticipate that I wouldn't drink as rapidly as I wrote. The hot chocolate idea is a carry over from last year, when I used it at the end to motivate me to finish as fast as I could. This year, my pace for the first six days has been more rapid than the pace I wrote at during any point in my first six years participating in NaNo, with the possible exception being the end of the 2005 attempt. Knowing I already have four more mugs of hot drink coming my way just inspires laziness.
My current word count can be found here, but at the time of this journal entry, it was 16068. My brain is fried already from writing, so I think I'll go play a video game. I've more than earned it by now.
Here is what my reward system consists of:
-special prizes I have pre-purchased and set aside for when I pass the required 25k and 50k marks, as well as a big bonus prize for reaching 100k words. This, I have no problem with.
-a Reese's peanut butter cup every time I write another 2500 words. At my current word count, I have earned a total of 6 so far. Whenever I'm in the zone, though, I end up passing two 2500 word milestones, which I suppose is good for me, except...
-every 1000 words earns a mug of hot chocolate.
Right now, not counting the mug I have in front of me, I have a buffer of four. I didn't anticipate writing so rapidly, nor did I anticipate that I wouldn't drink as rapidly as I wrote. The hot chocolate idea is a carry over from last year, when I used it at the end to motivate me to finish as fast as I could. This year, my pace for the first six days has been more rapid than the pace I wrote at during any point in my first six years participating in NaNo, with the possible exception being the end of the 2005 attempt. Knowing I already have four more mugs of hot drink coming my way just inspires laziness.
My current word count can be found here, but at the time of this journal entry, it was 16068. My brain is fried already from writing, so I think I'll go play a video game. I've more than earned it by now.
Rewards, eh? I wonder why I never thought of that... though something tells me I would totally fail at that system... and gain extra pounds....
Back when I was finishing my senior thesis, I'd reward myself with an extra hour of sleep... making it four for that night... and then I'd curse myself for being such a wimp the next day, thinking of what I could have done in that hour. ;)