Novel in 30 Days

Well, my 30 days are up and I didn't reach my goal of writing 50,000 words. I only got to 40,500 but I haven't given up. I am going to push forward and try and finish the final 9500 by mid-February. But, even though I did not make my goal, I feel like I accomplished something because 40,500 words is more words than I have ever written on any one thing. I also have a pretty good start to my novel, not that I plan on anyone ever reading it but I will be able to check something off my "to do" list.