I am thrilled. Thrilled! My Genji Project has officially hit the halfway point. The last Waka Wednesday video for chapter 27 was uploaded today. I have weekly content scheduled through the very end of the year!
This last batch of videos was quite a few at one time. I edited 14 videos over the past few weeks, with the bulk (10) the past 2 days while I’ve been ill. And it’s done. I’m practically giddy about it.
There is still quite a bit of work to go. At the current rate, the last video for chapter 54 will air in January of 2031. 5 years is a lot. If I don’t skip the Wednesday of chapter weeks, I can bring that down to 4 years, and I like that much more. 2030 sounds great, and it would be nice to finish the video series out for my 50th birthday. Let’s aim for that. I’ll institute the new schedule in January.
I currently have a 10 week cushion and I intend to keep that and build upon it. So long as I average one chapter every 3 weeks I’ll stay ahead and increase my lead. Ok, thinking out loud. I’d finish the project a full year before the last video goes live at that rate. Nice. I can use some of that year for prepping the project for A&S Champs the following year and the rest getting to work on the next video series. The Tales of Ise is my current thought for that. I have the Kokinshu and other books standing by for Waka Wednesdays if I decide to examine a piece of period literature with a distinct lack of poetry.
Ha. Dreaming out loud, more like.
Such joy to be found in reaching a milestone on this daunting journey
The sun’s proud rays break through and warm my path on a chill day
EDIT: I can’t math. ROTFL. 4 years would be the whole project, not the back half. For what’s left of the project, 2 years 1 week as of January 1st with the slightly sped up rate, finishing in January of 2028. At the 3 week per chapter research speed I’ll be done with the work in a year and 7 months, July of 2027. That sounds a whole lot better.
