I did have a couple of thoughts that are perhaps worth sharing. One is that I'm glad our numbers of hours overall were so close. I wasn't sure it would work out that way, and I think it would have been a lot less fun/motivating if one of us had been crushing the other. The second is that it's really been great starting this blog. Whenever I start to do something now that is totally mindless (mainly computer games!), I stop and think 'I could be doing something productive with my time, like sewing.' It's nice to feel like I'll be able to look back on this month/year/whatever and know that I did a lot of good things. The third is that we've put in a lot of hours. It's really neat to see how it all adds up, and makes me wonder about what else I could do if I dedicated so much time to one thing. You might think slogging through a PhD would have given me the same sense of satisfaction/confidence/not sure what the right word is, but there were a lot more external sources of motivation in that case. On a related note, one thing I've pondered doing (sometime in my life, as probably most people do) is writing a book, and it's fun to imagine how much progress I could make if I just stuck with it, as we have so far with the Project Project.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the next! Will I be more relaxed with a victory in the bag, or more competitive to keep my win streak going? It'll be fun to find out!
150 hours.
Catherine