Ehh, not beating myself up much. One of those months, when I have nothing else but writing to do, I might achieve a monthly author badge, but with full time work it is really hard. I think even without full time work I'd feel like the quality is going down. There is only so much to show and say and after a while I feel like I'm repeating myself ;)
I'll just stick with the PUM badges for now :)
Good luck with your daily posting. Only just over 2 weeks left till the end of the month
!KING