It has been a crazy month. I have traveled to Minnesota, Iowa, San Francisco, and South Carolina for work. I will be leaving for Los Angeles in a couple of days and when I return I have a quick trip to Ontario, Canada.
I have no idea why I thought signing up for the Ultimate Blog Challenge this month would be a good idea! I started out strong, but once I started traveling I realized how hard it was to keep up on daily posts. Especially when I was staying in homes and had poor cell phone reception.
For the first part of the month where I was posting though, I found myself freed from the tyranny of trying to be a “food blog.” I experimented with goofy posts about combines; posting poems, photo quotes, and memoirs.
Then I went to Allume, a Christian conference for bloggers and writers. I went with two hats – one representing World Renew as a sponsor, and one as a blogger. That experience deserves its own post at a later date, but short story is that I realized how much I want to write words that matter. I realized how much I miss writing for the sheer pleasure of writing and telling stories. I have not written fiction in decades, but I thought about adding a serial novel here on this blog. I was actually excited about writing again!
So between the challenge that I was able to accomplish in the first part of the month, and the inspirational conference at the end, I have decided that I am not going to give up on this blogging thing. I hope to bring it more into alignment with my current hopes and dreams. While I didn’t technically succeed in the challenge by posting 31 posts this month, I succeeded in something much bigger.
I wouldn’t look at it as failing. You took action and that’s what matters. I believe what you had going on this month was a timing issue. The fact that you finish you should be proud. Have a great week ahead. 🙂
Thank you Nate. I wish you a wonderful weekend as well!
Well, I am so glad to hear that you have not given up on writing and have found new inspiration from within!!
Sometimes it just takes getting away and clearing the air for new inspiration to surface.
I’m looking forward to your serial novel here on the UBC!
Healthy blessings,
Gena 🙂
Thank you so much! I appreciate the encouragement.
I wouldn’t count that as a fail at all! You might not have written the required 31 posts, but you found something much better than writing to a specified quantity. Inspiration and enthusiasm are definitely big wins in my book! Yay!
I fell behind in the challenge, too. The main reason I took part in the challenge was to get back into the habit of writing everyday. There were days I simply posted a video to 80’s music I like, but I accomplished my main goal of getting back into the habit of writing daily on my blog. I am continuing with the “un-official” challenge for November, but am using a new blog for that. I am giving a try at writing articles based on facts and to be less personal and more professional. Ha!