Note to self: I Am My Own Cheerleader

"Wasted time is wasted destiny."

Get cracking on the book. Working overtime is not an excuse because no matter how hard you work or not you still end up writing about the same amount anyway. Seriously. You can manage 3000 words a week which makes it only 2 months to get a first draft done. And while you're at it, it wouldn't hurt to print out the novel you've already finished and send sample chapters off to a few more agents.

Study Japanese if you aren't writing. You like both and you might as well do something productive instead of spending endless time on Flickr. It will only be more useful.

And try to be on the internet less. Remember when you were subtitling: get online after, not while, you are working.