Setting creative writing goals: (re)starting a 7-month novel-writing project

It's been a few months since the last time I talked about creative writing (or, honestly, did any creative writing) but I'm back and recommitting myself to the attempt to write a romance novel while also writing my doctoral dissertation!
I've been thinking a lot lately about how to balance my academic work with my creative interests, and weighing my impulse to push ahead as intensely as possible with the dissertation against my fear of totally burning out if I do that.
If you're also trying to make time for a creative writing project in addition to your work, let me know what your goals are! I'm going to keep sharing my writing journey here, and hopefully we can all motivate each other to keep moving forward.
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Happy May to all!