Well I did say I would be winging this year's challenge and I'm not off to a great start. I'm preparing this post on the eve of the challenge. I don't think I've ever left it so late in the past. I also don't have much of a clue as to what I'm going to write about for A or any other letter come to that so I'm definitely feeling the Angst.
Ask anyone and most of them will agree that I'm usually an organised person. I have things planned down to the last detail. I'm the one that will have printed out boarding passes, tickets etc which of course are also on my phone. But what if my phone dies, or worse gets stolen? I do like the convenience of our automated lives but I worry about the possible scenarios of things going wrong. All the possible scenarios.
Like how, although when I hit publish on this post I'll be underway but, what about Wednesday's post. I have a busy day tomorrow. When will I get B done? I might have to do that when I've finished with this one.
Right now I'm counting how many words I've typed already - I noticed on someone's theme reveal post that ideally we should be aiming for at least 100 words per post. I hadn't even noticed that so another cause for angst.
Well of course I didn't actually count them - I copied the above into Word and I was at 232 words so I've met that target at least. I probably should prepare my posts in Word first then word count would be one less thing to worry about.
Anyway I don't officially have a theme but as a bonus I thought I'd see how many countries in the World I've visited or might visit. The A countries are as follows:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
I realise I have not been following blog posts of late and have missed the theme of your A to Z challenge this year. Is there one or are you choosing random words? Countries would be a good one, although zi can't think of one beginning with X.
ReplyDeleteYes it's going to be very random lol although I have decided to carry on with the country idea despite there being no X (or W on the list I'm using although I have an idea for that one!)
DeleteYou are doing just fine :) And I don't think A to Z has any official word count. No pressure! Write about something that you think is fun :) Happy A to Z!
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I enjoyed this post, possibly because I share your angst about many things. I guess misery loves company? Maybe, but you gave me a chuckle, so thank you for that!
ReplyDeleteI had angst too but I'm used to writing a a-z post the day before I post it - I think that's a challenge in itself. Word count doesn't matter, I don't think. Honestly, even if you write just 10 words, it's still a post.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
I have my words planned out but nothing written to fill in all that space. I wouldn't worry too much about the word count. Just do what feels right with each letter. I've been to Austria a couple of times, but never to Australia. Trying to decide if I have it in me for a huge trip like that at this point. It sounds daunting but maybe. I have friends there I'd love to see. Good luck with the remaining letters. I think I'm going to incorporate the Wednesday letters in to my Hodgepodge random thought. Unless one happens to be real wordy, but otherwise I'd like to keep the hodgepodge going too.
ReplyDeleteWendy, you have started!! YAY!! :-) My friend Judy's daughter lives in Australia. She left America in 1998 and did not come back... she loves Australia.
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Yay Wendy! I don't know anything about word count advice. I do know that it is harder for me to follow when the post has too many words. There just isn't enough time in the day to read them all then. I haven't been to many other states let alone countries. I have been to Alaska though.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting!! I've not been to any of the "A" countries.
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