Day 9: The first 4 rules

Day 9 Journal: 

Before bed last night I wrote the first few rules of a man quest:

1^st Rule of a man quest: Focus on the man

2^nd Rule of a man quest: It’s personal, make it about you

3^rd Rule of a man quest: Lean into fear, it is your compass

4^th Rule of a man quest: Where you go is up to the road, there is no going back, keep moving forward.

Feel good about them. This morning I ran to the creek bottom and began my workout. I feel strong! I continued my hike to the lake and back. The whole experience took a little over an hour. Came back with a lot of good story ideas which I jotted down as notes for the next couple of chapters that I will write today.

I miss my girl today, but I am focused on the road ahead. I talked briefly with a friend last night about man questing and book length and found out that really, number of words and pages don’t matter as much as quality of content. I am aiming for 80,000 words so it is a novel instead of a novella. For now. I am about 36,000 words in. If I flesh out what I have so far, I could probably push it to 50,000… maybe. Maybe more like 45,000. So I will keep going, pushing ahead.

I also have a new philosophy, I am going to start each day saying, “What am I grateful for in my life and what needs to be done?” and also, “I am ready to attract abundance, success and love into my life today.” Just to get my started off on the right foot. 

Wrote 7500 words today and feel pretty good about it. Had a quick internet message with my girl earlier but no other contact… I don’t know how I feel about that right now… I hate the idea of her and I splitting up for good, but the distance is helping me somewhat.

Regardless, my life right now is fitness and writing. That’s it. So that is what it will be. MAN QUEST!