Incandescence

Happy New Year! I can't believe how long it has been since my last post. I was talking with a friend recently about how frustrated I was because I have not been writing, and she challenged me to write even a little bit each day, something that my creative writing professor told us to do all the time. Apparently my professor's advice finally stuck, because This is day three in a row of spending at least ten minutes on my story, and five out of seven days this week working on a writing project of some sort. Baby steps. It feels really good to get back into the habit of writing daily. I think it helps when I don't look at it as a big task, but as a daily opportunity. I get to write, I have no reason not to, so why wouldn't I? Hopefully this encouraging trend will continue. I'm grateful for friends and family who challenge me. I did not make any New Year's resolutions. Normally I do, but I never end up keeping them, and just end up feeling guilty and frust...