NaNoWriMo First Timer!

In my recent splurges of social media I came across someone complaining about surviving NaNoWriMo. I had never heard of it but researched to find that November was "National Novel Writing Month." The challenge is to write 50,000 words in just a month. I just finished a novella of 27,000 words in less than 3 weeks. I had been inspired and the words oozed out of me. I figured November 1st was perfect timing to start again and to raise the bar. So far I have 1,200 words. Am I crazy to be aiming for 50,000 in only a month? I have another novel I have been working on for 5 years! I haven't even met the daily goal of 1,667 words and I feel the start of carpal tunnel creeping in to my wrists. And, now I'm blogging instead of working on my novel. This is going to be a challenging month! I have a feeling I won't be sleeping much.