Foolish Goals

So it's that time of year again. November!

Now, I'm used to November being a time of writing - it's NaNoWriMo in November, and I attempt (and usually fail) it every year. I succeeded only one year - 2009 - when I had no job and was doing very little in school.

50,000 words is pretty substantial, and given the facts that I:
a) Am in school
b) Have a job
c) Do volunteer work
d) Live away from my parents and therefore have to be a responsible adult sometimes
e) Have a lot of other shit to write

I should not be doing NaNo.

Plus the fact that it's the fifth (already?!). I am going to attempt to write some more of my novel. Now, I'm thinking I'm not going to be able to write 50,000 words. What I'm aiming for is to get my current novel up to a total of 50,000. It's at 32,000 right now.

I should be able to write 18,000 words in a month, right? Surely? Maybe?

We'll see.

If anyone else is doing NaNoWriMo and wants to add me to their buddy list, I'm awordatatime on there as well!

Are you doing NaNo? What kind of story are you writing?