Mental health classes and book writing

 Man, I have hit the ground running this year with completing 5 courses so far, and getting the certification to become a Digital Navigator, and now this latest class when finished will give me a diploma in mental health. 

As for the book, at the time of writing this, I only have about 47 more pages to write. I am trying to keep a good working balance between writing, schooling, and my day-to-day responsibilities. However, I do feel as if things are a bit unbalanced as it seems like I am placing more effort into the schooling aspect rather than the writing aspect. However, I did just put 4hrs work of work into my schooling and have yet to do any writing other than this post and in my notes for said class.

I have reached out to several of my friends who maintain professional titles and asked if they would be willing to provide reviews for my manuscript and so far, everyone has agreed. So, this should give some accreditation and validation outside of the personal title that I myself have.

I don't really know what is driving this focus I have right now. Be it ADHD Hyper fixation and chasing endorphins or some type of mania, all i do know is that I am happy that it is allowing me to be pseudo productive. Now if I could only apply this to other aspects of my life that would be amazing!

And when I am not writing, or studying, or watching television, I have been reading. I am currently rereading Anne Rice's Servant to the Bones. A book I've read before, and love. I am a huge Anne Rice fan. She is one of the only authors that I have ever read for fun, that was not assigned to me as schoolwork, or for some other educational reason. 

I have also been working on my various websites here and there, updating the information on them and adding and subtracting features. I still have a lot of work to do on the book website, but I like the direction it is taking and also the Instagram account for it is starting to come together nicely. And I really wanted to be able to do something bigger and better with my podcast, however, it seems to be a continuation of what I have been doing for the last year, and really need to figure out how to jazz it up some to get and retain new listeners. Maybe adding a video aspect to it, or recording a video as I create the podcast, as that seems to be the newest trend in podcasting is "videocasting" too.

I also need to dedicate more time to the blog. I am doing my best to remember that it even exists as horrible as it sounds. If for no other reason than to put down in words (digital as it may be) and get things off my chest in a more grammatical way, vs sitting in front of a microphone or a camera and talking about what's on my mind. Plus writing the blog helps me to keep up with my keyboarding skills and keeps my WPM up. I used to type much faster, but I think I am averaging about 40-55WPM so I guess that is satisfactory for my daily use.

Anyways I hope you my dear reader, take a chance to view the other content that I have put together and that you'll consider joining and subscribing to the variouse platforms.