I removed Mastodon (or Tusky or whatever) from my phone
I basically have my (shitty Kyocera) phone as a WiFi hotspot and nothing more these days anyway, so it doesn't make a difference. I get/send texts sometimes, but only a few a day. Phone calls are necessary too (because they always have been). Unlim 4G LTE is a lifesaver bc I only pay $60 a month for it on a GSM network and I don't have to deal with babying an unnecessary WiFi modem, router, etc. at home. That would just be another compulsory bill and totally redundant as far as what is needed in my life.
I look forward to being a lot more productive these days. There is a lot of things I want to get done (in life, in general) and starting tonight, I am going to start doing these things (even though I have already started, big time. In a lot of ways :))
I got the Scratch 2 sprite to make tomorrow (I am dedicated to finishing it) + I got some #writing projects that I can work on tonight. As soon as Google unlocks my account (that I closed three days ago), I will d/l all my writing documents, resume, writing samples, cover letter, etc etc etc and get them saved onto folders on this desktop. I already have them saved on the other desktop but that was before I made myself an Admin on this Mac, and now the Admin acct is the only acct I will use. I may keep the Google acct open, I may not. IDGAF. I will literally never use it other than the occasional Drive document upload/download. Google is basically useless to me.
That's all for now.
MBA arrives tomorrow. I also am not going to be home most of tomorrow. Have #therapy + a lot of other things. Will be doing a LOT of #writing when it arrives. Will also be journaling more in a good #offline writing app. I will also import all of the documents that I have on the flash drive onto the MBA (resume, writing samples, e-books (that I wrote), etc.).
The loan discharge paperwork has been sent off and it is still under-review. If it get approved, great! I will make the arrangements at STLCC for a Fall 2018 semester. And I am expecting it to be approved, BUT, the Fall 2018 semester may be out of reach as far as deadlines go. If this happens...
...I will enroll in the EdX Intro To CS course (offered for free) through HarvardX (no, it's not the same as attending Harvard (unfortunately)). After that, #100DaysOfCode will commence. I must learn to code. One way or the other. I have the best app idea and want to build it independently. With nobody else working on it. This is a good idea, I think. It would be impossible for me to make the time to do this if I were to be enrolled at STLCC. College is the preference/priority. But I have a damn fine backup plan.
So this is where I stand right now.
Could I/Would I Ever Write Fiction Again?
No. It is simply too mind-boggling for me. I have to “create” every second of every sentence and I am much, Much, MUCH better at simply expressing an opinion on something, or writing about hard-facts, or doing an academic paper or something like that instead of making up a novel for entertainment. I fucking love reading fiction, and admire people who can write it, but I cannot.
I am basically burying that hatchet right now. Never to write fiction again. Unless it is a super-inspired short story or some shit. End of that discussion.
#fiction #writing #amwriting
finding a writing project
What kind of writing project? I don't know. I just know I got time before I start working on that #app again and while I am just killing time before that, may as well get some meaningful #writing done.
I'll see what I am come up with....
Does anybody else feel lost?
Not as in, not knowing where they ARE in life, but not knowing where they are GOING? I feel this way quite often. Like, what comes next? I don't have much to do on most days and though i am v fulfilled with #writing, i don't have any type of “drive” to do it. Just a compulsion. I do probably a dozen or more #blog posts a day and several of them tend to be meaningful (depending on if I A) have a lot of caffeine in me and B) if some particular subject is nagging at me at that time. I have “the best of” sort of collected in Littered Thoughts (and i am v proud of that #book), but, sometimes I feel like my life is lacking any sort of direction. It's weird.
Anyway, coffee is on
last day for this #blog to not be a “Pro” blog
...because i am paying for the Pro package (the biggest one write.as offers) tonight. I am gonna do a lot w/ this little corner of the internet. I may get a good amount of #writing done tomorrow AM (like 1 AM), too. I know that tomorrow will be busy so, I will try to get the #blogging done before i get too busy.
For today, i am cleaning up the apt quite a bit and having coffee out of the stainless steel MSR pot because everything else is in the dishwasher. lol! Damn fine coffee though. Indeed.
Anyway, be back in a bit!
Adding to the archives...
....a story i wrote ON Tumblr and FOR Tumblr because I was #writing on my phone and write.as cannot work on MY phone, at least. But it is titled “Limitations: Minimalism And Self-Imposed Technology Restriction”. The “gist” (jist?) of it is; unless i am sitting down to perform a specific task (like this #blog post), then i am not going to make any type of effort to get on the Internet. You can read more about it here:
http://oleary.io/post/175329968100/limitations-minimalism-and-self-imposed
(Sorry if that doesn't link itself)
Anyway, enjoy :)