Recap: 2019, a year in words

I’ve been tracking my monthly/yearly wordcounts since 2018 and I’ve just updated my final wordcount for 2019 a few minutes ago.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! *\^o^/*

2018 was a though year for me, and I can’t feel proud about my wordcount, either. It was around 66k. Now 2019… this last year has brought me countless surprises but it has graced me with unforeseen opportunities, as well! All in all, I enjoyed last year with all of its challenges.

I wrote about 165k in 2019. Which is great for me! I’ve struggled for a few months with writing/editing but finally found something that seems to help with my productivity. And I’m incredibly happy with this number. I’ll look at this a few years later and probably be amused at such a small number, but I feel this was a huge, important step for me.

This was the year where I finally said “f* plan B, why do I always think in terms of plan B, let’s try to do plan A!” and then see where it gets me.

It got me to a place I’m pretty happy with; I still have my challenges and steep learning curves related to publishing but each day, I feel like I get closer to my goal. My plans have changed through the year and it’s OK because that’s how you can reach your goals and keep healthy and (probably) sane ;)

How was your year? What do you want to accomplish in 2020?

Thanks for an incredible 2019, here’s an awesome 2020! May the 20s be with us! <3
Cheers!

Logo reveal & a funny story

I’m revamping my website a little bit and I’m proud to announce that I have acquired a wonderful logo, curtesy of lovely Liz of LKO Designs. You’ll see it everywhere already, but I’m going to put it here, anyway :D

Oh, and about that funny story I mentioned in the title? As I was playing around website design I was thinking of the menus and thought I have too many. And I was like, why do I even have a blog? I post infrequently, no one ever comments, I just shout it out to the colourful abyss that is the internet, what’s the point, when I could be writing, instead?

So I decided to remove it. And then on a hunch, I went to website analytics. I like looking at maps, what can I say. It’s always so exciting so see where my readers visit me from. For those of you who don’t own a webste/blog, this analytics also tells you your most popular page.

And guess what? It was my blog.

MY. BLOG. That I thought no one ever reads. I realized people do visit, they just don’t comment. So here I am, thinking I should try to keep a bit more frequent schedule with blog posts. For you. Because there are people listening and that makes me happy, because people read what I write. Thank you <3

And please don’t be afraid to comment. What to comment? For example, how do you like my new logo?