What are you giving up for NaNo?

My job search. I've been putting in applications like crazy up to this point. I'm kind of afraid of getting called for an interview this month, considering that I really want to focus my attention on my writing.

Watching my favorite shows online and working on my crafts while I'm doing that. I still read but do that when I go to bed. And, I still cook and bake for my husband and myself, but we don't do anything elaborate anyway. Oh, I do give up my refined procrastination. :)

Considering my mom didn't pay the cable bill, I really have nothing to distract me, although my computer.... I'm tempted right now to watch Saw VI!

I did give up sleeping last night though, that was fun :)

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I'm cutting down my internet browsing time quite a bit, since I spend way too much time on here anyway. And I've been getting up earlier and going to bed later to get my wordcount and keep up with Uni work, so my sleep schedule is suffering a bit. :)

NaNo 09: House of Cards

I'm cutting down on job hunting, and also have cleared my diary for the month, so wont get to see my friends much...

FINISHED!

Days taken: 17
Coffees consumed: 18
Green teas consumed: 22

Sanity: In there somewhere

Fingers: Aaargh!

Knitting. Not all of it, mind you, or those needles would turn into instruments of face-stabbing, but ever since I've started NaNo I've had to give up knitting gifts for Christmas. I suppose it's for the best. Not everyone in my family needs a new scarf/hat/gloves/blanket/whatever every single year. I have a lot of family members, and it was getting to be more expensive to knit than to actually buy them things. (Also, turns out they're not as enamored of hand-knitted items as I am. Who knew?)

TV. I love to watch TV, especially National Geographic and History and Discovery specials about various and sundry subjects. Again, NaNo is such a better use of my time than TV.

Friend time. This year it won't be such a big sacrifice, since all my friends are having quarter-life crises and choosing to spend their time alone, pissing and moaning about why no one wants to hang with them and oh-no-where-is-my-life-going-I-am-so-OLD, and refusing to answer the phone. (Don't get me started on the issue of a 23-year-old agonizing about being old.) So again, this is a better use of my time.

On the other hand, now that I have a deadline, I'll get lots of procrasticleaning done!

"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally." -- Flannery O'Connor

Homework time! LOL, I've been sort of slacking on it.

The Creativist!
No quote can ever capture writing!

There's not much I can give up during NaNoWriMo. I'm too addicted to roleplay, livejournal and Facebook to give those up, I've not been reading with my usual speed anyway since I've not got any new books to hold my interest and I only play videogames when computer/writing time is unavailable to me anyway. I'd give up my jobsearch, since I'm sure there's no hope of me actually getting anywhere with it but there'll be trouble if I do...

I suppose I can give up anime... But can I really go a whole month without laughing at Hiruma's antics or catching up with Tegami Bachi or The Book of Bantorra? Augh...but I'll have to or I'll never get anything done...

"Normal people never become authors." ~ a quote from Kino's Journey

My sanity.

Sleep.....I'll catch up next month!

"Be the change you want to see in the world" - M. Gandhi

I'm pretty much giving up on full-concentration at school, which isn't good as I have an important piece of coursework to write tomorrow and a GCSE exam on Thursday, then also GCSE mocks in December. I'll be trying to cut down on Tumblr and I won't be reading many books this month, which will be very hard for me! Oh well, it'll all be worth it in the end! (Hopefully...)

Reading. I usually only find time to read for an hour or two before I go to bed every night. Now I'm writing instead, and staying up a little later than usual. So you could say I'm giving up not only books, but sleep too haha!

I haven't given up time with my boyfriend but I've kind of given up on talking to him haha. I'm too busy writing.

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Youtube, my vow to stop drinking coffee, one of my other stories and spanish homework.(it's a bird class anyway.)

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I'm giving up TV and video games. What I'm NOT giving up however is Anime Club. I'm sure I can spare a few hours once a week to see my friends, plus we got a lot of NaNos in it too.

Sleep.

I gave up driver's ed. I was gonna take it this month, but am not cause it would have like four nights a week for three weeks during november. Which would seriously cut into my writing time since I do have school and a day job.
I am also of course giving up a good deal of my movie watching time, though not enough.

Ugh. I've been having issues with my relationship. I think it's been getting sacrificed a little for NaNo. I had a nice productive day on the 1st. Got some of the chores done and cooked a nice dinner. Now, however, he's been talking about me doing more chores (so that I can earn a little money from him, since I don't work) and I just had a major breakdown. I guess I've been looking for someone to vent to about this. I just don't feel like I can take on any extra responsibilities now, even though I desperately need some spending money for Christmas. He just doesn't seem to understand why I'm so stressed out, because things don't really seem like they've changed much to him. I am way busier now, though, trying to write as much as possible. To him it just looks like I'm playing around on the computer. It's like...he knows what I'm doing, but he doesn't understand it.

I guess that's what I've been sacrificing, really.

2006: The Red Raven (Pure Fantasy) - 6k
2007: Kismet Knot (Fantasy/Adventure) - 30k
2008: The Scarlet Twins (Fantasy/Parody) - 10k
2009: To Paint a Butterfly (Short Stories) - See Wordcount

I'm giving up... five bucks for a notebook. And whatever I was doing before every day on my nearly 2-hour each way commute.

My GPA.

Sleep, sanity, and at least a little of my drinking, because booze makes me unproductive. =(

I can't really give up much else. School and work will not be ignored.

"When the hero develops this sort of arrogance, it always ends dreadfully. Look at Icarus. Fellow with the wings, have you read that one?"
"I think so."
"That is precisely where we find ourselves now."

He sounds a bit insensitive! Tell him about all the bestsellers that have come out of nano! Why can't he help you out with Christmas presents anyway? He sounds more like a parent offering pocket money for chores than an equal partner, but then whatever works for you guys. It sounds like you need to have a heart to heart, so you can understand each other better.

I'm not formally giving anything up, my hubby is used to being neglected, apart from plentiful hugs! He understands I can't do much in the way of chores anyway because I'm disabled, so that's no different for nano. What I'm mostly giving up I think is reading fiction. I won't have time, I think I should get what I usually get from novels from my own story [I hope!] and I don't want other writer's styles to affect my own too much. Mot least because I read so fast that the first few chapters of my novel would be influenced by one authors, then the next few by someone totally different and so on!

Yes the pic is a stavechurch, in case anyone wondered!

I'm giving up my roleplays (I write in them the rest of the year) , lots of sleep, headache medecine, many meals, and all my MMO's.

WoE (a guild vs guild event) won't see me for a month. I hope my guild'll be ok.

Dear Author,
You don't have a choice.
Love,
Muse.

I'm giving up Facebook and video games for the month. This frees up huge amounts of time, trust me. It's not that hard to pull the switch on any of these things, people. Just make a decision, and go with it.

- Crosblades 2009
Words written:53567 Yes!!!
Cups of tea:11.5
Times caught writing in class:0
Novel Casuality Count:...yeah, I give up

I have a very understanding partner...most of the time, anyway. He writes music and understands the need to obey the muse. We also have 2 kids still at home and they are at an age where they understand that Mom actually does something of merit on the keyboard. So, my family gets it, thank goodness. I know I'm lucky.

I'm giving up reading fiction and the illusion that I can write whenever I feel like it and have something come of it. For NaNoWriMo, I have to be focused to get 50K words in a month. So, I'm giving up my illusions.

Ditto Overseas. I'm giving up my free time. Any minute that the kids and my husband aren't home and I'm not working or taking care of household chores, I'm nanoing. Oh and sleep, if I don't get my allotted word count done during the day it cuts into my sleep time and gets done by midnight :) I am using books as a reward for finishing Nano since I'm forbidden to read for an entire month (gasp). This is torture since the new Morganville vampire book came out two days ago.

so far?

not a thing.

I've been in serious writing mode for the last few months anyway (no tv, movies, or video games, drinking infrequently, neglecting my friends; work, home, writing, reading, sleep, lather, rinse, repeat), so i haven't lost anything i hadn't given up already.

But. It's still early in the month, so we'll see when we see and not a moment before, right?

Procrastinating (to a point.) :P I'm more productive this year than last year, even with my small word count.

And my diet has improved a little. More fatty things to help my brain function and more greens and veggies along with my meats. Downside is I gave up my exercise in return. Need to keep that up methinks or I'll be much heavier come the end of November!

2007: They Followed a Star (to Betelgeuse) Failed/Still Working
2008: The Revenge of Madam Garlic and the Ladies of Herb Lore Incorporated- failed
2009: The Secret of the Stillroom Book -gonna win!

A shot rang out! As shots are wont to do.

I think I'm pretty much giving up on playing World of Warcraft this month. I can't concentrate on the game when I have this story brewing in my head! :) I'm also cutting back on how much time I spend reading.

Exercise and cooking and most of my social life. My sweetie is incredibly supportive and has even volunteered to take over some of the cooking. I do a lot of my writing while I'm watching crime shows on TV, so I don't need to give up my Law & Order addiction.

Tuesdays are D&D nights, which I don't miss, and I'll be driving a few hours to see my uncle and his family for Thanksgiving, but for most of the month, I'm not going out except for local write-ins. (I work at home; I can go days without leaving the house).

I am so thankful for my sweetie, though. I had thought I was cooking on Wednesday and he insisted on putting dinner together (this was after I'd had a day of work, a shrink appointment and done some grocery shopping).

Ororo

Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman--Nancy Banks Smith