#solc2022 Day31
How did this month fly by? What did I learn from this third ride with the Slice of Life journey? What am I celebrating ? What could have gone better? I am reflecting…
Celebrations…
- I wrote 28 out of the 31 days
- I calmed my inner perfectionist enough to let me write quick writes and post them
- This process, for me, is an exercise in discipline and committing to doing something I love and developing my muscle as a writer. I am celebrating that I signed up, again.
- I have a style and a voice that is my own and I can see it begin to take shape the more I write.
- I loved that people read my work and left their thoughts. It was so encouraging when it happened.
Would have been even better if….
- I had managed to write all 31 days
- I had set a fixed time to write everyday would help- not leaving it till the last act of the day
- I had kept a couple of posts in my drafts that I could use on those exceptionally crazy days when there is barely time to breathe.
- I could have read more posts and commented on other people’s writing more.
- Encouraged more folk to read my work
I am so grateful for the amazing community and that I get to be part of it for a month each year. It has changed the way I go about my life for the other 11 months of the year… I look closer, listen harder, pause and soak in the world around me. I think about how I could draft something more vividly and what my writer’s voice really sounds like. I have learned so much from the posts I read this year- there is such richness that is shared and so much for me to admire and learn from.
We did it. Every one of the 265+ writers. That in itself is the biggest celebration of all.