I love giving yourself treats as you go along, to meet each small goalpost.
But what do you have planned to reward yourself when you reach the finish line?
For the uber-impressive people who already have green bars, and for the rest of us inching toward that 50K, as well as the folks who are tailoring their final goal to what's reasonable... champers and partay?
For me, I'll have to see if I can faithfully churn out a little over the daily quota, and meet 50K by the 29th (or bleary-eyed, the morning of the 30th). So if I'm done, my husband and I are headed for the dog show in Amsterdam. It's making me eek out just that little bit more every night.
How are you planning to celebrate the end of NaNo?
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67,300 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 19 52
to celebrate i will probably have a relaxful and hapy b-day which i will turn into a sorta i made my goal party. my b-day is on the fourth next month...
----------you're reading something from a future best-selling author...; )
only a fool tries to find what he knows isn't there.
winner of 2007
62,416 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 19 53
Well I'm hoping that at that point I will have been able to get enough money (through my job and babysitting) to get a psp.
Which I think will be more than a reward. (Even though I would get it regardless of whether or not I finish, because I want to play crisis core)
Also, I intend on having cake.
Even though I don't like it.
Cake will be eaten.
Oh, and my book is getting delivered on the 28th or thereabouts, which will be nice x3
76,371 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 19 56
Oh gosh, what do I plan to do when I get 100k? Well, for one, I plan to devote December to catching up on all the reading that I've missed. I told myself that I won't be able to read until December once I've gotten to my goal! Though, a more tangible celebration would be getting to open my box set of DVDs that I received a few days before the start of November and finally being able to watch them over Christmas Break if I'm able (which I will be, I have completely confidence) to complete NaNo! Also, my mom is treating me to sushi if I reach my goal! Bella loves her sushi. Omnomnom. :D
50,059 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 20 06
Well, when I was looking through some books about serial killers (mostly for research) and I came across a book about James and William Bulger (Whitey and Billy). I got really excited about it, but it's not really about serial killers, so I had to pass over it. It's waiting at Barnes & Noble for me to finish and it will be so exciting to get it. Yay 50K! (almost)
----------brianna, everyone, even characters, have problems.
yeah, but mine seem to have a lot...
it's not like yours are morbid, destructive, and gruesome.
......sometimes they are...
54,213 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 20 08
I'm getting back into the novel "Strapless" that I started two days before NaNo and made myself put down.
Then I'm going to watch my favorite movie of all time..."Gone with the Wind"...because I've been dying to watch it but it's a long movie. I would feel guilty to watch it during November because time spent watching it could be spent increasing my wordcount.
And lastly...I get to step foot in an antique store again to mosey. And possibly find something wonderful to purchase as a reward for my toiling over the laptop.
----------♥Amore
100,551 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 20 09
my boyfriend and I will go on a wee road trip: see the Sandhill crane migration at Bosque, rummage through antique stores in Bisbee Arizona, MOVE AROUND! Seems far away, but I have a feeling I will do it! Wine and chocolate will also be involved...
----------GO TEAM GO!!!!
50,072 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 20 21
At the moment my reward is going to be a big chocolate bar, sleep, and a month or so of reading and just reading. It is going to be so nice. Once I get there.
----------NaNoWriMo '06 - WON (50k)
NaNoWriMo '07 - WON (50k)
NaNoWriMo '08 - WON (50k)
61,330 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 20 39
Well, last year I used stickers to prompt myself through the month. I was going to do something similar this year, but I forgot and I don't really need that kind of incentive anymore - although it's always nice to get. I usually have a lot of trouble coming up with 'big' rewards, but this year, I thought I had the perfect one. My sister had moved out, and she took our two cats with her (even though I didn't want her to), so I was going to finally be able to get a kitten of my own. I've wanted one since I was about ten years old. And then, of course, my sister decided to move back in because she and her boyfriend were fighting. *sighs*
Needless to say, I was crushed, and I ask myself every day how I resisted slapping her across the face when she nonchalantly asked me if I was "disappointed" that I wouldn't be able to get my kitten now.
----------NaNo 2006 = Cloudburst = 14k
NaNo 2007 = Redeeming Pandora's Curse - WINNER
NaNo 2008 = Borrowed Time - WINNER
My Writing Blogsite: Chibi Doucet
50,077 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 19 49
I'll probably make a spaghetti dinner with some garlic cheese toast and wine then play "Dirge of Cerebus" through again. I may also let myself watch all the time travel movies I've been withholding from myself this month.
Edit: All that + I just read that Neil Patrick Harris will be doing the Candlelight Processional reading Dec.1-3 at Disney World, so I'm going to try to head over to Epcot to catch one of those.
61,200 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 20 43
Mmm, this is fun to think about!
----------My reward is going to be buying myself a bottle of sparkling cider (partay, right?!), drinking straight from it, which always seems kind of rebellious to me, so naturally I enjoy it. I've been missing out on reading too, like most people, and also on, um, sleep.
Unfortunately, what I will REALLY be doing is studying for finals... yay college... blah.
GrammarQueen90
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history. ~Dan Quayle
61,121 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 21 05
My reward is to finally get cracking on buying Christmas gifts, and fast! I love getting people presents! 8D
As well as that, I think a haircut and a few days of militantly catching up on my research papers will be in order... Especially since both papers will be due the next week. Ack! >>;
----------dA Account and LJ Account
352,400 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 21 50
Lots of wine! but... if I go the no alcohol route, then I'll probably be watching some korean horror (which I've been putting off all month) and maybe some other movies I've also been putting off, and... getting out with some of the friends that I've been neglecting!
70,652 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 21 53
I get to buy myself a NaNo t-shirt! :D
----------"One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar." -- Oscar Wilde
15,620 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 22 16
I'll celebrate with eating some form of dessert for every meal...and not even looking at another pita chip or yogurt for all of Dec. :)
----------Screnzy '08: WIN!
50,476 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 22 21
Animal Crossing City Folk. Must. not. play. until. December.
52,376 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 22 38
I start university December 1st . . . oh joy!
----------50,269 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 22 49
I'm blowing my savings by putting together a steampunk outfit. XD. For every 10k I write, I get to buy one part of the outfit. So far, I have the necklace, the dress and the bag, and I'm waiting on my typewriter key earrings for the 40k I've just written. When I hit 50k I'll be buying the shoes; and then tramping around the city with my Gothic Lolita friend to garner glorious stares.
We're attention-seeking and shameless. I know. >.>
50,056 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 22 55
I'm probably going to make me a large chocolate cake. If I can, I would like to have a party.
And I am seriously aiming for the 25, despite starting this weekend.
202,357 / 50,000
Nov 18, 2008 - 23 03
My reward ... which I would be getting anyway, but which now I will feel like I really, really, earned it ... is a 3-week vacation over Xmas in a cute little cottage on the Oregon coast. Days upon end in my fleecy comfies, with hot chocolate by a roaring file ...okay, that's pretty much like NaNo, actually, only I'll be reading (voraciously!) instead of writing; sleeping in in the mornings (except when low tide is early), long walks on the beach, long afternoon naps, volumes of Sudoku puzzles, and hours and hours of thinking about absolutely nothing at all. The most important decision I will make during those 3 weeks is which kind of chocolate to eat next! Yeah, okay ... again, a lot like NaNo only without the writing part! 8-)
52,996 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 00 19
I don't know, really. I haven't thought about it. Maybe I'll finally catch up on all the Anime I've missed out on this month. >D
----------"I reject your reality and substitute my own!" ~Adam Savage from Mythbusters
2007: The Guardian Angel (lost)
2008: Sacrifice (won)
65,037 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 02 06
I knew I was getting close to 50k today, so I stopped by the store after work and bought a big jar of Vlasic pickles. I got to dig into those pickles tonight when my bar went green! I do dearly love pickles, and they're so expensive anymore..
54,573 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 02 14
Wine. Gevulde speculaas mmmmm...I think it is a Dutch specialty for Sinterklaas...it is a bit like gingerbread but not quite...and with an almond filling.
----------I am a bit of a tarot and other cards collector, and I finally get to play at leisure with the new decks I have got, and I have also ordered an Alphasmart, that was actually meant to help me with Nano *rolls eyes* but thanks to the gloriously slow international shipping it will be my present for finishing Nano. Well there will be more to write I am sure...
Oh and I will go for a long forest walk no matter how cold it is XD
Though leaves are many, the root is one.
W.B. Yeats
50,088 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 03 06
Personally, I like to write in a small cafe down the way called Fran's cafe, and usually I just content myself with a straight-up coffee and a Light cheese/turkey sandwich. However, I itend to beat out 50k tomorrow and while I'm in the cafe, I intend to indulge in one of the most delicious desserts they have. <3 Can't wait!!!
----------2008 - Somewhere Down the Crazy River - 50,088
51,504 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 04 01
If I write the 50,000 words, it will be a laptop. I am using nano to test myself on whether I actually have the drive to complete 50,000 or more, because then I will know that a new laptop for my writing and personal stuff will be well worth the money. :D
----------Darkness is merely an absence of light,
A light that only dreamers can see...
NaNo 2007: The Darkest Twist (Fail)
NaNo 2008: The Words Between (Win!)
50,184 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 04 55
Sleep!
----------~ Auntie Doris Akela Morag Flootach Zovut Araneliën Guru FYAP~
♪♫ ~ Honorary Cat Status ~ ♪♫
я обиделась
~ שלום ~ ღ ~ سلام ~
51,504 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 05 01
Agreed! I forgot that one >_<
----------Darkness is merely an absence of light,
A light that only dreamers can see...
NaNo 2007: The Darkest Twist (Fail)
NaNo 2008: The Words Between (Win!)
66,132 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 06 08
A trip to Barnes and Noble! (hopefully)
Actually, I'm thinking about buying myself a sword-- I know it's weird. I've got one, but I'd like another. Maybe one from a movie or something... or maybe I'll just get myself some ice cream :D
----------30,003 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 07 00
We're attention-seeking and shameless. I know. >.>
Post pictures?
50,631 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 07 06
I don't know what to get myself. I'm willing to take suggestions.
I might try to get back into my hiking. I miss it a lot.
50,113 / 50,000
Nov 19, 2008 - 07 12
I'm rewarding myself with a few things. First off, I'm hoping to finish by next Tuesday (which I can do if I write 2500 words a day), so I'll spend next Tuesday night just relaxing and hanging out with my boyfriend. Then I'll have Thanksgiving Break, which will involve lots of family time (and potentially drunken Karaoke with my cousins).
I've been saving my money for months now, and as a reward to myself for a very long and very busy semester, I'm planning on going out to San Diego with my boyfriend to enjoy a little vacation and meet his family over Winter break. Tickets are a tad pricey for the time, but it should be totally worth it. :)
Then I get to spend all of Christmas break editing my novel >_< joy.
----------"She blinded me with mad science!... no, seriously, bitch stole my eyes."