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Halloween was filled with lies, mostly on my part. But hey, everybody lies. It's not possible to tell the truth every single time. On a more negative note, I figured lying has become an instinctive thing for me. There's this word currently eluding my mind and it describes that primal instinct. Oh yeah, Habit.
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It's that time of the year again. November.
Since time immemorial, I've been strangely connected to this month, strangely affectionately connected. There are 12 months in a year and with the exception of november, I am pretty much the same person for the year, albeit a few changes here and there. However, when November inevitably saunters into my life, everything changes.
Last year, November was a month of grief and regret, yet at the same time inspirational and breathtaking. The previous year, November was a month during which I studied for the O levels and had astral projections and strange prophetic dreams. For those of you in the private sector, Astral projection is a term used to describe the mythical phenomenon where your "soul" escapes your body. It's somewhat like a dream, but much more realistic, intense, and short.
Really, it still boils down to this question. What am I going to do this November. I know that I've addressed this previously with the help of a few options, but the point is, I've yet to choose one. And there's no beating about the bush for this, I'll have to choose one soon. So, today, I'm going to give you a more interactive insight on this; a play on percentages and probabilities.
November has 30 days and of these 30 days, 2 have passed. So, that leaves us with 28 days. Of this 28 days, I'll be spending the 3rd, 11th and possibly the 23rd wholly. To make things easier and more realistic, I'll be giving myself another 2 days for other full day activities. That gives us a grand total of 5 days, and leaves us with a meagre 23 days.
A new novel roughly takes 20 days of hard writing; unwavering concentration, passion and inspiration. If I were a robot, this would definitely be possible; definitely meaning 100%. However, I am only human and upon analysing my writing trends, I figure 100% would be 95% impossible. This also means that I'll have a 5% chance of completing a new novel in 20 days. However, I have 23 days instead of 20, a rough estimate of 15% more time. So, instead of being 85% completed by the 17th day, I now can afford to be 85% complete after 20 days. Although it does not drastically increase my chances of completing the novel, the chance of me not completing the novel inevitably decreases. So, what is this percentage? This is when interaction comes in, and you post your answers as comments (assuming all variables given remain consistent and there will not be new variables introduced)
To be continued in 5 hours' time because I've got to rush off to meet my project group members.
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It's that time of the year again. November.
Since time immemorial, I've been strangely connected to this month, strangely affectionately connected. There are 12 months in a year and with the exception of november, I am pretty much the same person for the year, albeit a few changes here and there. However, when November inevitably saunters into my life, everything changes.
Last year, November was a month of grief and regret, yet at the same time inspirational and breathtaking. The previous year, November was a month during which I studied for the O levels and had astral projections and strange prophetic dreams. For those of you in the private sector, Astral projection is a term used to describe the mythical phenomenon where your "soul" escapes your body. It's somewhat like a dream, but much more realistic, intense, and short.
Really, it still boils down to this question. What am I going to do this November. I know that I've addressed this previously with the help of a few options, but the point is, I've yet to choose one. And there's no beating about the bush for this, I'll have to choose one soon. So, today, I'm going to give you a more interactive insight on this; a play on percentages and probabilities.
November has 30 days and of these 30 days, 2 have passed. So, that leaves us with 28 days. Of this 28 days, I'll be spending the 3rd, 11th and possibly the 23rd wholly. To make things easier and more realistic, I'll be giving myself another 2 days for other full day activities. That gives us a grand total of 5 days, and leaves us with a meagre 23 days.
A new novel roughly takes 20 days of hard writing; unwavering concentration, passion and inspiration. If I were a robot, this would definitely be possible; definitely meaning 100%. However, I am only human and upon analysing my writing trends, I figure 100% would be 95% impossible. This also means that I'll have a 5% chance of completing a new novel in 20 days. However, I have 23 days instead of 20, a rough estimate of 15% more time. So, instead of being 85% completed by the 17th day, I now can afford to be 85% complete after 20 days. Although it does not drastically increase my chances of completing the novel, the chance of me not completing the novel inevitably decreases. So, what is this percentage? This is when interaction comes in, and you post your answers as comments (assuming all variables given remain consistent and there will not be new variables introduced)
To be continued in 5 hours' time because I've got to rush off to meet my project group members.
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