Finally finished the book. Yayyy. Thank the heavens. Goodness, took me forever to get through that one. It was probably because I watched the HBO series first before I started on the book and I already knew what was going to happen so I guess I wasn’t really feeling the suspense and excitement of not knowing the twists and turns of the story and.. and.. SPLORT!
Writing full time is hard, y’all!
Yeah, I’m still trying to get into a nice groove with my writing work since I’ve decided to go full time. My biggest struggle is my schedule. Working on my own time and in a very comfortable and relaxed environment can be a little hard because there are so many distractions. I just have to drill into my head that this is my work now and I have to push myself harder so that I can finish more and earn more. HAH.
Anyway, a few people have asked me about the writing thing, like how I got into it and where I get my jobs. I’ve blogged about it a few times before, but I’ll talk about it again here just for kicks. HAH.
Funky Things Thursday!
Tonight, we’re flying off to CDO, a.k.a. home sweet home, and then going up to Malaybalay, Bukidnon for the Love Ultimate Tournament. Woohoo. But before I do that, I leave you with cool tees and cool stuff. Woohoo.
Sad T-Rex T-Shirt (Loops and Pluto): “If ur happy & u know it clap your… oh.” HAH awesome! I really do love t-rexes. Reminds me of this adorable t-rex.
Toilet Shot Glasses (Busted Tees): Sooo if you use this, you can all pretend you’re doing pee shots? HAH. So cool, though. So cool.
The Lord of the Rings Minifigs (The Fancy): LOTR FTW! I actually want these things just so I could recreate scenes from the trilogy. That would be so cool. And so geeky.
And that’s it. Til next week!
More on this freelance writing thing
I’ve decided to make it official. Yes, I’ve decided to do this freelance writing thing full-time. HAH. I have two main reasons for finally doing this: one, I am actually enjoying this writing thing even if it hasn’t paid me much (yet!); and two, I can’t imagine myself going back to the corporate world and I realized that I don’t have to. I just need to make a few adjustments to my schedule and perspective to turn this little hobby into my real job.
So you know I already have a few writing gigs on oDesk, which is really cool because it gives me a little bit of variety in terms of writing assignments. I also just signed up as a freelance writer with a local company. I get paid based on how much I’ve done and I can work anywhere – at home or at their Ortigas office. I just started so I’m still in the process of getting a feel for the system and all that, but eventually I will be able to control the number of assignments I get. So basically the amount of work I have to do and how much I want to earn is pretty much up to me. WOOHOO! No work, no pay. Hah. Welcome to the freelancer’s world, eh? :P
Aaand that’s where I’m at right now. Operation Jump is off to a good start. I think. Yayyyy.
HNY + Book Watch: The Son of Neptune (Rick Riordan)
HNY! Happy New Year! May the year of the water dragon be great for all of us! :P
To celebrate, I read a book. Hah. Yay for geeks. Yay I finished my first book for the year. See? I’m still reading, folks! Okay, granted this is a book for young teens and is really easy to read, I think it still counts as good reading. Rick Riordan makes pretty good stories.
T-Shirt Saturday!
Because I miss T-Shirt Thursdays and I can’t wait for Thursday and I love doing filler posts/nonsense like this when I don’t have anything good to talk about. Woohoo. So sue me.
So Many Questions (Threadless)
Nobody Likes a Show-off (Threadless)
I Was Here (Threadless)
Eve 6 (BustedTees)
The Chat & Cut (BustedTees)
I want a new cool t-shirt. I just realized that since I’m going freelance now I can wear whatever I want to “work.” Woohoo. Soon, baby, soon.
First Five Things for 2012
I’ve decided I’m going to start slow on my Breakthrough Year Plan. I don’t know how you can actually break through if you’re starting slow, but here’s my list anyway of the five things I plan to do for 2012. Yes, I have el grande plans!
Woohoo!
Inspiration Monday: 12 Tips to Make 2012 Your Breakthrough Year
One of the guys I write for sent me a link to this awesome post to show as a sample of how he wants our articles to look like. I have to tell you the post really is awesome and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Needless to say, it inspired me to TRY to make 2012 my breakthrough year (ahaha!). I’m gonna do a separate post for my thoughts on that, but for now I just want to invite you to check out the post. Click click below! :)
12 Tips to Make 2012 Your Breakthrough Year
HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK, FRIENDS! :)
Of new year’s eve movie marathons and a new online find
New Year’s Eve movie marathons
I’m not sure when it started, but for a few years now, a movie marathon has become a new year’s eve/day thing at our house. We’ve had The Lord of the Rings running consistently now. On some years, we threw in a couple of the Starwars flicks when LOTR was done. We usually start any time between the day before new year’s eve or on the day itself or right after the midnight celebration. This year I started it early just because. Watched it a few days ago. LOTR still rocks after all these years.
