On July 31st of 2018 I set a few goals for myself. I wanted to actively invest time in my writing career and I wanted to start sending work out for publication. I started scheduling time out of my week to write. I began tracking any time I spent writing (or performing a writing activity) in a time keeping app. I’ve been tracking how many words I write on any given day. I’ve learned a bit about myself over that time…besides that fact that I really, really, really like numbers. So here is a sneak peak into my writing life:
Note: The averages are based on how many times I wrote on that particular day of the week.
2019 Stats
As you can see, I do most of my writing on Sundays. I think Mocha House is becoming like a second home! 
2018 Stats
So in 2018, it looks like Sunday and Tuesday were my best days for writing. I didn’t write once on a Thursday after 7/31?? Really?
Stats Combined
And here are all of the stats combined!
Overall Satisfaction
As an added bonus – After working on a project, I would track whether or not I was satisfied with what I had written. The overall results are below.
Most people probably think this is overboard tracking, but I LOVE numbers. I love knowing that I have increased the time I spend doing “writerly” things by over 1.2% this year. I love knowing that I have written a total of 76,496 words in the last 14 months and that almost all of those words were written on Sundays.
Since today marked my 100th day of writing since this tracking started, I figured I would share this with my writer friends. If you are interested in using the spreadsheet I made to track your own work, send me a message. I’ll be happy to share it!
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Very cool. Awesome to know–in hard and fast numbers–that you’re writing more. Sometimes I FEEL like I’m writing more–but I’m usually doing other “writerly” things when I should be buckling down!