It’s time for another update! Here’s how the past week went:
Tuesday: 40 minutes
Wednesday: 0 minutes
Thursday: 15 minutes
Friday: 0 minutes
Saturday: 0 minutes
Sunday: 150 minutes
Monday: 25 minutes
As I looked over my times for this week, I was left wondering what I was really trying to accomplish with this challenge. I mean, obviously, I wanted to write more, but as I look at my results this week I remember that writing is intricately bound up with the rest of my life, at least for me. Everything I’m doing is feeling rushed and fragmented and isolated from everything else. And that made writing hard.
Why am I writing? Having a time goal alone isn’t working. It makes it easy to forget that writing feeds my soul. Words feed my soul. Writing gives me joy and life. So, yes, writing every day is a professional goal as I strive to make a part-time career in writing, but writing every day is also a personal and spiritual goal. Writing connects me to God as few other activities do.
I want to write because writing is good for me. I want to write because it is good for my soul.
I want to write.
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