Thanks for the mention! I totally appreciate how over tracking can weigh you down. When I was running I bought a garmin to track distance. After a month, I realized I was so focused on the numbers and not how I felt...or even enjoying the run anymore. I quickly sold it and went back to running for the joy of it.
Oh yes! For years I tracked my runs with a Garmin. It was a huge, awkward thing, like a computer on my wrist. Ugh, glad I don't do that anymore. I have a weakness for pretty graphs of efforts over time though. 😹
I'm curious about whether the same can apply to writing. I've noticed apps like Scrivener track my word counts. And I like to use 2 Pomodoros of writing in the morning before breakfast to let the first drafts flow out. But somehow when I focus on getting a certain number of words on a page, that feels off. Often less is more! And it's more about the disclipline of regular "seat time" than the number of words for me.
I've never used Scrivener or really cared about word count ticking up except for during NaNoWriMo challenges (which I no longer do). And only then, I tracked my word count in a Google Sheet. Now, I only aim to see a new blog post at least once a week in my content tracker :)
If I'm resisting writing something, I'll set a timer and then just impress myself with how many SFD words I get out. Cheers to "seat time!"
Thanks for the mention! I totally appreciate how over tracking can weigh you down. When I was running I bought a garmin to track distance. After a month, I realized I was so focused on the numbers and not how I felt...or even enjoying the run anymore. I quickly sold it and went back to running for the joy of it.
Oh yes! For years I tracked my runs with a Garmin. It was a huge, awkward thing, like a computer on my wrist. Ugh, glad I don't do that anymore. I have a weakness for pretty graphs of efforts over time though. 😹
I'm curious about whether the same can apply to writing. I've noticed apps like Scrivener track my word counts. And I like to use 2 Pomodoros of writing in the morning before breakfast to let the first drafts flow out. But somehow when I focus on getting a certain number of words on a page, that feels off. Often less is more! And it's more about the disclipline of regular "seat time" than the number of words for me.
I've never used Scrivener or really cared about word count ticking up except for during NaNoWriMo challenges (which I no longer do). And only then, I tracked my word count in a Google Sheet. Now, I only aim to see a new blog post at least once a week in my content tracker :)
If I'm resisting writing something, I'll set a timer and then just impress myself with how many SFD words I get out. Cheers to "seat time!"