In many ways, 2020 has not been what I expected.
When I wrote my first blog post back in January, I had envisaged the course of 2020 to be much like 2019. My primary goals for the year had been to focus on my writing – catching moments after work to grow my story on paper – and, ironically, to reconnect with people in person. It goes without saying, that second goal didn’t work out so well.
I feel very lucky to be living in one of the few countries to have taken early action and “beaten” the virus. Internally, now, things are not much different from the way they were in January. However, there is an overhanging existential cloud of uncertainty for the future and the sense that things could change with an unnerving swiftness.
I feel as though months of quarantine and, as of the beginning of the month, redundancy should have given me the time to focus my energy towards my creative pursuits. At the same time, I realise that any time of upheaval or change requires a certain amount of reevaluating and settling in to a new routine. I’ve been trying to balance the feeling that I could be doing more with appreciating what I have been doing and taking a realistic outlook towards what is achievable.
I have so many plans at the moment. On the writing front, I want to get back into the routine of writing my novel a little bit more each week. I feel I almost had that down before my attention turned to the looming company restructure at work. It shouldn’t take much to renew it. I also want to try something new – a friend introduced me to the concept of writing a serial, where a new short chapter would be released to a schedule. The idea intrigues me and I would love to find a way to make it work with all my other projects.
I also have plans to finish and run an evening LARP. The initial idea was late this year, but we shall see how things work out in terms of timing. I also want to make and film the creation process of a Regency dress and a Wild West holster – both for various LARPs later this year.
It doesn’t sound like much, but somehow the months keeps slipping away. It’s funny to think it’s nearly August already.
The important thing, I feel, is to hold onto my creative goals outside of searching for the next step in my career. This is a fantastic time to renew my creative vigour.
Stay safe out there
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