Lol, I think it is just like Hotel California! Because I’m almost certainly going to do it again this year. I’d like to get out of my non-finishing slump. I just miss the old days, when it felt new and a little crazy to be doing.
Why don’t you mix it up then? Make it new and crazy again. By that I mean set yourself additional challenges.
I confess for me, just the 50k is kinda meh these days because I’m writing more than that every single month as it is. However, I’m still super pumped for NaNo because I can push myself, and use the magic of November to help me reach further than I could on my own. I don’t know if that makes sense.
So how about set a challenge to beat your personal best for a day’s writing? Or beat your record for how quickly you can reach 50k? Maybe set a goal that is beyond 50k? I don’t know how you are at consistency, but maybe challenge yourself to write every single day if you don’t normally. Then there’s non-word count challenges, like maybe doing a completely different sort of project from your usual, or I don’t know heh, but there are options 🙂
I don’t know how you feel about that, but maybe it could be new and crazy again with the right kind of extra spicy challenges. Just a thought.