Piled Higher and Deeper

Right.  Fifty thousand words in thirty days.

Here we go.  Front door locked, phone off the hook, internet connection 
disabled.  All hatches well and truly battened.  Hrm, maybe I should just 
check my voicemail one last time...

So.  Woolly socks applied to keep my feet toasty.  Earplugs on standby to 
block out the upstairs neighbour's budgies.  Kitchen stocked with Lucozade, 
vitamins and copious amounts of soup.  God, I sound like I'm in Trainspotting.  
At least I haven't resorted to buckets.  Ooh, actually, I think I've had too 
much tea...

That's better.  Now then.  Text books: check.  Notepad: check.  Lucky coffee 
mug: check.  Right, let's get started.  Fifty thousand words to go.  Oka-ay.  
Shouldn't be too difficult.  Introduction.  In-tro-duuuuuuction.  
In-trooooo-duction...

Hrm, let's think about this logically.  If my calculations are correct, that's 
one thousand, six hundred and sixty six point six recurring words per day.  
Woah, freaky.  Number of the beast.  OK, so twenty-four hours in a day, each 
sixty minutes long.  That gives one thousand four hundred and forty minutes in 
a day.  Wow, that works out as less than a word a minute.  No problem...

Hang on, I'm forgetting something here.  Oh yes, I must make sure I get my 
beauty sleep.  Doctor's orders and all that.  Speaking of which, I should 
allow an hour for yoga.  And twenty minutes for a quick shower.  Plus five 
minutes for teeth brushing and flossing twice a day.  Argh, my brain hurts.   
When's Eastenders on...?

Now, where was I?  Oh, yes.  One thousand six hundred and sixty-six words 
in...let's say twelve hours.  That's one hundred and thirty-eight word per 
hour, or just over two words per minute.  Easy peasy.  Ow, my wrists are sore 
today.  Maybe I overdid the yoga.  OK, let's pencil in a  wrist break...say, 
ten minutes per hour.  So now we're looking at one hundred and sixty-six words 
each hour, or nearly three an minute.  Should be doable.  Gosh, it's getting 
kind of dark.  Yawn.  Is that the time?  Might as well et a good night's sleep 
and start bright and fresh in the morning...

Right.  Fifty thousand words in twenty-nine days...