Fear of Failing
In a way, I guess you could accuse me of being afraid to really fail. Failure right now just means I'd end up being a programmer or a teacher at a junior college/high school. Failure right now could probably still safely get me a decent salary that I could live comfortably on. If I were a writer--strictly a writer--failure would probably make me completely broke and needing to move back home (that pretty much sums up ultimate failure for me). While I wouldn't describe myself as materialistic, being realistic, I must admit that my current grad life is as close to broke and struggling as I want to get... My biggest problem is that I don't do well writing what others tell me to write and there's no guarantee enough people want to read what I want to write. At the end of the day, though, if you as me that age old question, "what would you do if money didn't matter?" my answer would always be "I would write." So, what now? I like programming, I like writing, but one with out the other for me is like peanut butter with no jelly.Back to Basics
Well, growing up, I was easily able to juggle writing, school, band (if you're a band geek you know this is the black hole of all time right here), and social life, without trouble. College came and the writing started to take a major backseat--like chillin' in the trunk type of backseat. Now that I'm in college, I don't even know if writing is still in the car with me sometimes. There's this depiction of grad life that you have 3 things in life--school, sleep, and social life--and you can only successfully partake in 2 of these (my current two are school and sleep in case you're wondering). I don't like it. I woke this morning and decided I'm going back to my old model. I'm gonna do my schoolwork (successfully). I'm going to hangout with my friends (occasionally). I'm going to sleep 6-8 hours a day (peacefully). AND I'm gonna write daily. Why? Because I can!The Challenge
So, I decided to put myself to the challenge to get back on my writing A+ (yeah, you know I had to be obnoxious and add the +) game. The challenge? A poem/reflection/short-story/etc. a day for a year. To help me hold me accountable, I'll post 'em to the blog--the good, the bad, and the ugly (or as I prefer to say, the cute, the pretty and the beautiful). The problem with making random decisions like this is that there is no nice start/end point. Most people decide things like this for a new years resolution. Or as my friend fantasticfo did, at the end of a month so they can start on the 1st of the month. *shakes head* No, of course I have to be different and random. So, my day 1 will be the first day of classes (seems legit enough).Hope you guys will join me by reading, commenting, liking (or disliking I suppose), critiquing, and supporting :)
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Starting August 21, 2013