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CATHY'S WEEKLY R.A.P. for July 9, 2023

RECKONING—I broke the chapter into ten units and got through nine of them.

ANALYSIS–While I might have been able to rush through that final section, the end of a pivotal chapter so close to the end of a novel deserves more than a rushed job. To be fair to myself, there was no window today when I could have done even a rush job because once my early pre-puppy hours are spent, there's no guarantee I'll get more. Which is just to say that puppy training has been... intense.

PLAN–Given that I make plans and Shiloh laughs, I'm going to be more strategic. I will finish chapter 27, this week I will for real launch my Wonderbook series, and I'll read my notes for the last two chapters and epilogue. I'm also getting Shiloh temperament tested at a doggy day care so I can maybe start sending her out to play a day or two a week and have a day or two where I can concentrate.

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I did not set goals last week. On my return trip from Paris on Sunday July 2 I came down with a nasty case of food poisoning. Lost last week to it, though I did 2 1/2 hours of fun research on my next newsletter during my few hours of comfort last Thursday morning. Still recovering. BRAT diet for the win.

In uplifting news from last week, I blew an eyelash and wished for an easy newsletter topic. Thursday morning a reporter reached out to me for comment on a marketing situation. Though the article was quickly nixed, the subject is fun and easy. I feel the universe answered.

Reckoning: Between last Thursday morning and reading over the weekend, I've done 4 hours of research on this newsletter. Yesterday I hit the point where I could see it all come together.

Analysis: In the past I've massively over-researched and thus overcomplicated newsletters, only to wrestle them into fighting weight later. I know I am ready to write, so my challenge is NO MORE RESEARCH. Just write.

Plan: Self-care to health. Write to done. Get the newsletter out on time Friday.

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