Friday 28 November 2025: November wrap-up!

As November began, I was scheduled to start 8 weeks of light therapy treatment at the dermatology department, 3 times a week, towards the end of the month. With the arrival of 2 new dogs, I had to rethink that time out of the office as I wouldn’t be able to leave them on their own when the treatment started, and I certainly couldn’t take them with me.

I also had a biopsy booked, for the same complaint. But when the time came for that, I didn’t have a fresh enough lesion for them to take a sample from. So I cancelled that one, but moved the light therapy treatment on a couple of weeks. That light therapy now starts in December and continues on into the new year, with just Boxing Day off.

A physiotherapy appointment came in at the same time, but I was able to keep that one. And then an unexpected mammogram appointment landed. So aside from the 2 new dogs, November was also a lot about my health.

I managed to get a short newsletter out, and lost 1 subscriber in the process, I finally finished the tough client edit, but I didn’t start Project Management for Writers: Gate 3 as I had to bring forward a client edit I’d originally scheduled in for later.

Some jobs fell by the wayside, as a result. Others were postponed. But I still managed a few things here and there, in between jumping from crisis to catastrophe to peace-and-breathe.

November wrap-up!

Here, then, is how November panned out in the end:

• • create graphic for Hello November ✅
  • create graphic for November wrap-up ✅
  • newsletter ✅
  • (week) daily blog post ✅
  • client edit x2 ✅
  • write Story 11 for 12 STORIES IN 12 MONTHS ✅
  • share Diane’s gig list every Thursday ✅
  • weekly diary work ✅
  • weekly backup ✅
  • weekly finance work ✅
  • weekly publishing work ❌
  • hair appointment ✅
  • physiotherapy appointment ✅
  • roofing contractor ✅
  • begin light treatment therapy (dermatology) ❌
  • start Project Management for Writers: Gate 3 (again) ❌
  • monthly schedule planning for December ✅
  • advance finances for December ✅
  • update 36-project spreadsheet (week) daily ✅

Extras

• mammogram appointment ✅
• 2 vet appointments ✅
• garden man cometh ✅
• 30 minutes pet play twice a day ✅
• prep micro-story for 1 December call for submissions ✅

And I wrote 19,626 words in November. (This figure will be finalised at the end of the working day today.)

How was your November?