I Achieved Yesterday's Minimum word count goal

I achieved yesterday's minimum word count goal. This is a milestone for me because this is the first time since I began working as a clerk in the Primary Election, that I have achieved my minimum word count goal. I set my daily goal to write between 2,500 and 5,000 words in a 24-hour period. The 24 hours begin at sunset on one day and end at sunset the next day, which is a solar day.

On Primary Election day, I have to be at my station by 6:00 AM and I cannot leave the election site until after 7:00 PM. During the time there I have no access to a computer or word-processor; this means I have to write by hand in a pen and paper journal. All thought, this year I took a looseleaf notebook with me.

The evening before, Monday, August 11, after sunset I made blog entries, started the entry in my Gratitude Journal and in Writing My Spiritual Journey. The total word count was slightly over 1,500 words. This left me about 1.500 words to write by hand on Tuesday, August 12.

I arrived at my station a bit before 6:00 AM. I set up and prepared for 7:00 AM, when the polls opened. During the rest of the day, I managed, between serving voters, to complete the daily poem, work on "At God's Disposal" (a long poem I am writing), complete the entries in my gratitude journal and in Writing my Spiritual Journey. The total word count, after I transcribed everything into those documents this morning, was 2,569. I exceeded my minimum writing goal.

I am happy this morning. I am still a bit weary from sitting all day at the Primary Election site, but that is all right, I will recover.