Write Every Day: Day 5

[the_siobhan]

I used to have a policy that no matter what else happened I would find time in the day to spend 20 minutes on the stationary bike. I would do additional stuff if I could, but that 20 minutes was the non-negotiable minimum. And I did pretty good! I kept that up for 4 solid years and then with the executor work and re-mortgage stress it went down to a couple of times a week and from there to... nothing.

So now I'm trying to make it a daily practice again.

So that's what I did yesterday after work. And tax receipts are starting to show up in the mail, so an evening of pushing paper around. Then about 100 words on the fic while listening to Maerchen1313's CanCon stream.

Day 5 Tally:
china_shop miss_squiddy

Day 4 Tally:
sylvanwitch badly_knitted trobadora china_shop shadaras nafs brithistorian cornerofmadness luzula ysilme carenejeans miss_squiddy the_siobhan


Day 3 Tally:
china_shop badly_knitted luzula trobadora sylvanwitch shadaras chanter1944 nafs cornerofmadness brithistorian yasaman miss_squiddy ysilme carenejeans the_siobhan

Day 2 Tally:
trobadora alightbuthappypen sylvanwitch badly_knitted china_shop nafs sanguinity yasaman brithistorian cornerofmadness sakana17 carenejeans ysilme the_siobhan luzula shadaras chanter1944 miss_squiddy

Day 1 Tally:
sylvanwitch badly_knitted alightbuthappypen trobadora brithistorian nafs cornerofmadness sanguinity carenejeans miss_squiddy shadaras the_siobhan china_shop yasaman ysilme luzula chanter1944

Comments

[china_shop]

6th: 522 words of (unfinished) flashfic. :-)

[the_siobhan]

Well done! I hope your arms are feeling better.

[badly_knitted]

Cheers you on for your exercising. I've restarted my physio exercises over the last week, so you're not the only one trying to get back into a regular regime.

Feb 5th - 2246 words. A quadruple drabble for a challenge, finished the fic I've been writing (still needs a final read-through tomorrow before posting), and 5 ficathon fills.

[the_siobhan]

Good for you! For both the physical and writing accomplishment.

[badly_knitted]

Thank you. I've had zero energy over the depths of winter thanks to SAD but I'm gradually resurfacing physically.

[redbird]

I haven't used a cardio bike in years, but I used this post as a reminder to go do some of my PT exercises. Thank you.

[the_siobhan]

Glad to be of help :-)

[trobadora]

For the 5th: a little work on my candyheartsex assignment.

[the_siobhan]

Well done!

[shadaras]

Day 5: Text rp

[the_siobhan]

Well done!

[nafs]

Congrats on making time for the stationary bike. I detest mine so much but, doctor's orders, I'm supposed to keep to the 150 mins a week of cardio thing. So, 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.

Day 5: back to the idfic, 394 words.

[the_siobhan]

I know a lot of people who swear by dancing for their cardio, but I can't dance at all.

Well done on your words!

[nafs]

I *would* dance, I know at least one person who gets their cardio by playing one of those dance games on Nintendo Wii and that sounds like a lot of fun - except I have extremely high arches and have managed to strain basically everything south of my knees. So... bike *glares in its general direction*

[sylvanwitch]

Congrats on getting back on your bike! That’s great!

On Day 5, I moderated the student writing club and wrote an exactly 100 word drabble, which was fun to do.

[cornerofmadness]

I would love to join you on that stationary bike thing. For two year post serious knee accident I was also doing 20 min a day and last year I stopped. I really truly need to start back.

Day 5 860 words on my original wedding horror story.

[the_siobhan]

Good luck with getting back into it. Swimming is also supposed to be good if you're looking for physio that isn't weight-bearing but I know myself well enough to know I would just never go.

Well done on words!

[cornerofmadness]

It is but there isn't a pool around. I'd be all over the water aerobics if there were

[brithistorian]

Good job with making time to take care of yourself!

Day 5: 1242 words of "Girls In Love," finishing and posting chapter 26. I sat down intending just to write a hundred words or so and then go to bed, but the words just started flowing and I ended up writing for an hour and a half!

[the_siobhan]

I do so love it when a flow just happens. Well done on your word count!

[yasaman]

Day 4: alas, migraine, so just an alibi sentence
Day 5: busy day, so just 136 words! hopefully I'll have a chance to catch up with my word count goals the rest of this week.

[the_siobhan]

Ugh, migraines are the worst. I hope you're feeling better now.

Well done getting your words down in spite of feeling off.

[luzula]

Day 5: Alibi sentence. Was recovering from the previous day...

[the_siobhan]

Completely understandable. Well done getting that anchor sentence down.

[greylock]

I tried to do 2-3 hours a day, and I kept that up for about 4-5 years.
I watch three TV when I do: 1hr before work, 1hr at lunch and 1hr after.

So, good luck!

[the_siobhan]

I can manage about 30 minutes before parts of me start going numb. I've bought a padded seat but that only helps so much.

The intent is that the bike is the intro to doing more stuff - mostly weights because that's what I like - but even if I never get to do anything else at least I've done the bike.

[(Anonymous)]

Seats are the worst. I have a cushion for when it gets too much, until I build up resistance. And even then.

I'm trying to get back into it after two years off, and day two hurts a lot.

I don't have any real experience with weights, except that I seem to build (some) muscle on my noodle arms pretty quickly.

Good luck though! You can do it!

[greylock]

That was me.