In some ways I feel silly celebrating the fact that I've been doing something for just one month that I've been talking about doing for most of my life. After all, a month is a drop in the bucket. But I've also learned, perhaps late in life, that it's important to celebrate all of the victories, no matter how small. Because if we only focus on the major life-level accomplishments, we may lose steam before we ever get there. And then we start to feel pretty shitty about everything. And I'm tired of feeling shitty.
So for today, I will appreciate that I managed to write some amount of original fiction EVERY DAY for 31 days. Holy cow, right?!
But this also raises a question: what's next? Part of me is anxious to keep the blog going because I hate to stop now that I've committed an entire month to it. But another part of me knows that I need to shift my daily writing towards something that I can publish. After all, the blog was just a way to get into the daily writing habit and to help me get my creative mojo back. It was never meant to replace serious writing efforts, which I would not put online since they're meant for submissions.
What do I do?
Perhaps, while I start organizing my ideas for the serious writing effort, I will keep up with DWD to make sure that I am still writing daily. But when I am ready to start something for real, I will skip some days on the blog. Either way, I am making a promise to myself—in front of any witnesses who are reading this—that I will continue to write daily in one place or another.
Plus, I'll continue to celebrate. Perhaps with a well-deserved nap. Or a gin & tonic. Or a nap followed by a gin & tonic. The possibilities are endless.
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