Ah, thank you for your feedback! It's actually really helpful especially since you somewhat confirmed my gut feeling.
Re: motivation - I think being on pace or being ahead might actually be more motivating for me, or at least much less discouraging, than being behind (especially since one of the reasons I tend to fall behind is limited energy/ability to focus due to wonky mental health, and I really want/need to be more generous with myself in that respect).
As for the expected word count, it might just be enough for 75k but only if I write the same amount of blog posts as I did the last couple of years on top of way more thesis writing. I don't have a required word count for the thesis but I expect it to be around 80k/150-200 pages, of which I have written about 30k already, and I've averaged 20k of blog posts the last two years. Article-wise it might be another 5k-8k per article (1-2).
The main issue is that I suspect I may have to cut back on blogging to make sure I get the thesis/papers done (see: wonky mental health), which means it's probably wiser overall to go for the 120 day habit goal and keep track of my wc to see if I can/could make the 75k after all. And if it doesn't work out, I'm already used to that. XD
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Date: 2021-12-14 09:26 pm (UTC)Re: motivation - I think being on pace or being ahead might actually be more motivating for me, or at least much less discouraging, than being behind (especially since one of the reasons I tend to fall behind is limited energy/ability to focus due to wonky mental health, and I really want/need to be more generous with myself in that respect).
As for the expected word count, it might just be enough for 75k but only if I write the same amount of blog posts as I did the last couple of years on top of way more thesis writing. I don't have a required word count for the thesis but I expect it to be around 80k/150-200 pages, of which I have written about 30k already, and I've averaged 20k of blog posts the last two years. Article-wise it might be another 5k-8k per article (1-2).
The main issue is that I suspect I may have to cut back on blogging to make sure I get the thesis/papers done (see: wonky mental health), which means it's probably wiser overall to go for the 120 day habit goal and keep track of my wc to see if I can/could make the 75k after all. And if it doesn't work out, I'm already used to that. XD
(Anyway, thank you again!)