Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion SuperWriMo Verity (PuffyTiger) October 2025

Goals

I have a website I'm building to host a knowledgebase I'm writing and a private blog and forum that will be membership only. For SuperWriMo I will work on this 5 days a week for at least 3 hours a day.

Milestone goals:
-Build templates to display the various pieces of the website
-Set up the forum and style it so it matches the rest of the site
-Learn to use the membership gateway and get it working to gate the content I want behind the membership wall, but leave the free content open.
-Edit current KB articles for the updated paradigm and write the rest of the launching content
-Write a few blog posts so there can be content for those who decide to join

This is a huge project I've been working on for several years. It's close to being ready to launch, I just need to devote the time it needs instead of having the rest of life get in the way. SuperWriMo is a great opportunity for me to focus on dedicating that effort into getting it ready to go!

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First day of SuperWriMo was a success. I had a ton of chores to do before I could start working and I was sort of tired by the time they were done. But I've been looking forward to working on my project for days (been working on a different aspect of it, but not the website itself), so I decided to sit down and poke at it anyways. Can't say I got a huge amount done, but it was really nice to catch up to what I want to be doing and get a few design pieces done. Looking forward to more tomorrow!

Yay!!!

Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉

Sometimes just sitting down and going back over what you've already done is the first step to moving forward. I need to go back and re-read my story so far before I write anymore - should have done that before I started.

I agree, Amanda. I do a lot of thinking and planning when I'm not actively working on things, but sitting down and staring at what I have and how to get to where I want is a vital part of getting going.

Day 2 was a success. I've had the front page layout basically planned for about a year, but have been working on getting degrees in other infrastructure stuff. I'm finally working on it and being able to work out what I've imagined is such a rewarding time!

Day 3 was great. I'm so enjoying getting back into things.

Part of the goal for me is to find a healthy balance between everything. That's my real struggle...to keep a good balance between work I have to do (like chores) work I want to do (building this business) work to stay healthy (like cooking and stretching and walking) and just chilling and having fun.

Today I slept in a little, which was nice and healthy, and then got up right away instead of laying around wishing I was still asleep but sabotaging it by reading instead, then got some chores done and went for a walk. I sat down to work about 1 and kept at it until dinner (should have had a break in there somewhere, I was stiff and tired when I finally got out of 'work' mode). Now it's bedtime and I'm legitimately sleepy from a full day. It's a great feeling.

Yay for 3 successful days!

YAY!!

Totally hear you on the goal of balance! And glad the challenge is helping with that 😊

It really is! I love the activity around the community, that keeps me connected when other people are active too.

This weekend was nice. I took a break from working on the website and worked on drawing stuff for it instead. I have a solid plan for the logo I want to make and great progress toward bringing it into existence.

Monday was a bit of a struggle. I did manage to make some real progress on the front page layout of the website. Most of it is roughed in now and ready for content! Learning how css grids work has been something of a design game changer. It's taken a little time for me to wrap my head around them, but the building will be much cleaner now!

This has been an amazing first week. I have gotten an incredible amount accomplished towards my goal of having the website ready to launch. There is still much to do, and I'm looking forward to it!

Thanks to everyone who has joined in on the encouragement and supporting SuperWriMo!

I realized that my need for group encouragement isn't to help me work on this (or other) projects, but to help me take care of myself while I do.

I don't struggle to sit down and work. I struggle to get up and do the things that keep me healthy. So I'm pivoting my focus for SuperWriMo: now the goal is to move every day. Go for a walk, do my stretching and self massage, get on my stepper, get my bicycle out and start riding it again. *And* to work on getting the website ready to launch.

For this purpose, I've made a little Super Move Buddies group on my personal discord server and even had a few people sign up to encourage each other to Move! If you want to join, send me a pm here or hit me up on the L&C server =)

Everything is going really well in my world. I'm grinding through getting all the things done for the website so it will be set up the way I want and just *work* to be the home I need for my content and community for the next little bit.

And it's been a week since I inadvertently started the Super Move Buddies group (I just mentioned I need a SuperWriMo for moving, not working and people started signing up, lol) on my personal discord server. That has also been a great experience. It's been what I needed to get more motivation to move, and I'm feeling a lot better after just a week of regular stretching, walking, etc. Thanks buddies!

Well done on all your website work!

& Super move Buddies has been really helpful!

After my last update my health melted down and I've been huddled in my chair trying to survive. I remember trying to work, but not being able to do much of anything. I kicked around some names for membership levels and wrote part of an article...

Finally feeling almost back to normal today and have been working on the site logo which is really complicated with multiple parts and versions for different things that all have to synergize visually.

Looking forward to diving back into site design tomorrow!

Sorry you had a tough time, but I'm glad to hear you're feeling better!

Hope tomorrow is amazing for you!

Huge project is still a huge project. There is more infrastructure stuff to fit together and make work the way I want that I didn't really know about until I started really looking at getting it all done. But I've also gotten a ton done, so I'm not unhappy with my progress. Definitely won't be ready to launch by the end of the month, but a huge amount of progress has been made!

I'm also very pleased that I seem to have finally found a better work/health balance. I'm getting out and walking almost every day, doing more stretching. The self massage I've focused on has been releasing a lot of pain and overall I'm feeling so much better. It's been so great to snap out of the mental rut I was in that resisted doing my physical maintenance. Thanks Super Move Buddies!