How the hell did it get to be November 1st already?
I mean really, just over 60 days and the year is over? That’s crazy. This has been a ridiculous year for us. Starting out full of devastation and confusion. Becoming this amazing summer full of opportunities and growth. But fall is quickly tripping into winter and all of a sudden it’s November.
And you know what November signifies in some realms of the blog world right?
National Blog Posting Month. Thirty posts in thirty days. No exceptions. No cheating. Hopefully no crap.
For many of you posting every day is already ingrained in your system. Not for me. I blog when I feel compelled and lately I haven’t been compelled to do it that often. So, for the third year in a row, I have signed up for NaBloPoMo. I really enjoy the challenge and find the entire process to be a good exercise in writing. Something I can always use improvement on.
This has been an interesting year for me with regards to blogging. There are many more local people that read my blog that may only know me in a professional aspect. Or family. So I have struggled with what I want to write versus what I want others to read. Finding that balance of sharing my life in a community that I adore so much and not sharing so much that it affects my current employment situation has been difficult. At times it has been stifling. I think writing everyday for the next month will address some of that for me.
It will be a challenge but I’m looking to come out of this with some new snippet of self-growth. I imagine I won’t edit myself as much as I have been lately. Which I need. I’ve lost myself a little over the past year. I’m hoping to find that bit and share it with the world again.
I hope she isn’t too shy.
Hi, stopping by from NaBloPoMo! That’s a cute little lion you’ve got there. Looking forward to reading more.
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*pixie* Reply:
November 7th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Hey Jen! Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be sure to pop over to your blog. Good luck with NaBloPoMo!
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I thought of doing this but sometimes I like to schedule my posts in advance, and I thought there were rules about that.
And sometimes my mind is just a blank.
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*pixie* Reply:
November 7th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
My mind is just blank all too often anymore when trying to write a post. That’s part of the reason I wanted to do this again this year. And I’m pretty sure you can schedule posts in advance, you just can’t back date them if you miss a day.
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Have fun with BloPoMoJoeSo or whatever it is!
Most importantly, I hope that you feel good about what you write. Some teacher I had once said that “thinking too much is the creative person’s enemy” (or something to that effect… it was a long time ago) and there could be something to that.
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November 7th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
I think there is something to that for sure. Just puking out the ideas onto a piece of paper without any censoring can really get the creative ball rolling so to speak.
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I wish I had the dedication to write a post every month. I barely have time to read all the blogs I follow. And now I’ll have so much more if everyone is posting every day.
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