What Was I Doing?
ne day I did two!). So for the 30 days of April, I wrote 31 posts. What the heck was I thinking/doing?
Well since I started
blogging back in 2013 (April 14th to be exact), I generally only write when I
have something to say. (Okay, so sometimes I should probably keep my
mouth shut, but then again shouldn't we all?) This has evolved into my
general mindset that I should come up with at 12 posts per month.
(Although sometimes it's only 11.)
Thus this has become my
mindset; I MUST write at least 12 posts per month. (Even if no one reads
them...and I suspect most of my posts are not...although to those friends who
do regularly read, thank you!) It is why I usually start out the month
strong (because I MUST get this done) and end weakly. (Or at least not as
with as many posts.) The whole 12 thing has actually started to stress me
out. Which is ridiculous because who is counting? It's not like I'm
getting paid to do this. (Oh how I wish. But then don't we all wish
we could get paid for doing something we loved?) But still if the month
is coming to a close and I'm not near 12, I still to get anxious. (For
those of you who know me, this should come as no surprise...if there's one
thing I do REALLY well it's becoming anxious and stressed. I am not only
the Queen of allergies, but I'm also Queen of overly dramatic stress.)
So the whole doing a
post a day makes no sense. But I wanted to challenge myself. I like
to test myself from time to time. (I should "test" myself more
on weight loss, but let's not get into that right now.) I thought 30 posts
in 30 days would be good.
April was already
underway. I had no intention of doing this in April. I was trying to
figure out what might be the best time for me. A time when I was not too
stressed at work. (As if that would ever happen.) That definitely
meant that I could NOT do it at the end of the year (Oct-Dec
specifically.) Summer? But I like to relax in the warm
months. And I would be taking days off in the warmer months. I wanted to
(and for the most part did) write a post a day and not "stockpile."
(When I did it was something I'd started later in the day for the following
day; I don't generally have finished or half-finished posts lying
around...and those that I do are generally just sitting there never to see the
light of day...or the light of the internet as it might be.)
It became apparent by
the 5th day of April, as I was on my 5th post of the month, that maybe it
should be April. And so it was. Once I was in, I was in.
Things seemed to go
okay. I don't think I was any more creative one day than I was the
next. I don't think any posts were more spectacular than any other
time. It just was me plugging along. Some days it was
exhausting. Some days it was stressful, especially when I didn't have
anything specific in mind to say. But I did it. For good or
bad...or even for middle of the road, it's done.
Would I do it
again? I don't think so. Although here we are on May 4th (May
the forth be with you...) and I'm on post #4...
It's probably time to
take a break. Maybe it's past time!
Anyway thanks for
reading and being part of my "challenge." As always, if there's
something you like, let me know. Or if there's something you don't...let
me know, but nicely. (Remember, you should always be Thoughtful, Helpful,
Inspiring, Nice [and] Kind.)
We'll see what happens tomorrow...or
maybe not!
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