2020 is almost over and I’m already thinking about 2021! I’ve set myself two challenges for the first month of the year.
I’m running 50 miles in 30 days to raise money for Mind, the mental health charity. I’m a little bit nervous as I’m very much a newbie runner, with only a few weeks practice under my belt. After such a strange year for so many people I really wanted to do something to help people who are struggling this winter. https://moveformind.blackbaud-sites.com/fundraising/petes-prog-jog-january
The other challenge I’ve set myself, as well as averaging 1.66 miles a day is to write 3 pages a day too. My goal is to write a 90 page screenplay during the same 30 day period. I’m thinking that I can use each write to work through the upcoming scenes and effectively write them in my head, so all I have to do in the chai mr is type! It will also help me have something positive to focus on during the runs, so my mind doesn’t drift to the pandemic, leaving the EU, climate change, an argument I had on Twitter, impostor syndrome or my own mortality. None of those is likely to help me complete the miles.
Wish me luck. I’m excited about both challenges, despite some trepidation and I’m looking forward to having both things to focus on during what notoriously feels like the longest month of the year.