I have made it an entire month into the project without missing a day! Huzzah!

And now for some meta-observations.

  1. Making this a public endeavour has enabled me to put aside time for writing out my thoughts every day.

  2. I no longer feel like I'm missing out on recording things about the children. I have had this constant low-level hum of guilt ever since I went back to work full-time, a sensation I'm sure many people are familiar with, about not spending enough time appreciating the little steps they make in their development. Speaking of which, Humuhumu is very proud of having moved from the "red books" (Stage 2) to the "yellow books" (Stage 3) at school.

  3. I no longer feel like I have to "steal" time from what little the bloke and I have in the evenings to write posts, because mostly I'm sitting down next to him and announcing that I'm going to spend 30-45 minutes writing my daily project post, and he's cool with that and answers work e-mail or reads about the rugby or watches something that I'm not particularly interested in on the telly.

  4. Writing daily posts has made me better about commenting on other people's posts. I feel like my Circle is becoming more active as well, even though I haven't added any new subscriptions this month.

  5. Writing daily posts has also had the curious side effect of making me better at communicating regularly by other means. I've been reaching out to people via e-mail, text and phone with greater ease and timeliness.

  6. At some point I will miss a day, and I am ill-prepared to make peace with that eventuality. I must spend a little time getting my brain to calm down about the prospect.

  7. I'm going to have to declare comment amnesties on some older posts, as the slowly increasing backlog of unanswered comments over this past month demonstrates to me. My apologies. I don't like doing this much, and I need to learn to be better at admitting I've failed at completeness.

  8. Thank you all for reading.
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From: [personal profile] angelofthenorth


I look forward to reading your daily posts. Thank you for doing it
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From: [personal profile] kotturinn


I too look forward to reading your posts. If it helps, I don't expect an answer for every comment.
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From: [personal profile] omnipotent


I have enjoyed reading all your posts.

For the days you cannot post, what about like, pre-writing a post (like, say, a trip down Memory Lane or an exploration of a hobby or whatever) and that way you already have something ready for when you're too busy to sit down and write? Just a suggestion! ^_^
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From: [personal profile] silveradept


Hooray for a full month, and for the realizations that now is a good time to get all the fret out about missing a day. I am enjoying the reading.
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From: [personal profile] major_clanger


I've fallen very badly out of the habit of posting on DW. I think there are several reasons for this: I get far more comment or feedback from posts on Facebook; the rather complicated set of filters I used to have (essential for any post relating to work) didn't survive the move from LJ to DW; and all my long-document-writing braincells - where 'long' means 'more than a couple of paragraphs' - feel saturated either from work or my part-time MSc.

I keep on meaning to post about my MSc, by the way, but the longer it goes on the more I have the feeling of 'where do I start?'
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From: [personal profile] major_clanger


I'm not sure I am getting the interaction I want from Facebook; it is quick and keeps me in touch with a lot of people I know, but doing any post at length, or with multiple links, or covering more than one topic doesn't work very well.

My MSc is in Forensic Engineering and Science, run by Cranfield but taught at their forensic institute at Shrivenham. It's very interesting, great fun and I really, really ought to do a write-up on what I've been up to so far.
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From: [personal profile] nou


I would be really interested in hearing about your MSc!
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From: [personal profile] hilarita


I have also been trying to post most days (though it turns out that getting endless colds and viruses doesn't help with this), so I've got my angst about not posting every day out of the way early, in January.

I also tend to fail at comments, not least because I can't tell when a comment conversation is ending. But it's lovely when you reply, but not expected or required!
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From: [personal profile] pax_athena


I think I need to get inspired by you, especially by #3. Huh. It seems so simple, but somehow ...

(And also: love reading your daily posts!)
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From: [personal profile] askygoneonfire


I'm so enjoying your daily posts and glad to read they have become really positive. I think I will try it later in the year for a month - most inspired by you!
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