I haven’t written every day so far in August, but I’m closer than I have been the last several times I’ve set a daily writing goal for myself. The next steps, now, involve what I’m actually writing. I journaled a little about this yesterday, and now I’m going to write about it here — which encapsulates why I need a “next step.”
When I set the goal to write daily, I was fine sitting in front of the keyboard and letting my stream of consciousness vomit onto my blog. We’re well past the days that I’m sharing these posts anywhere, and it’s likely no one is reading them at all. I needed the practice hitting the keys and not needing to feel perfect and basically remembering what it felt like to string words into sentences and sentences into paragraphs, albeit short paragraphs, usually lacking much focus.
Yesterday, when I switched gears to my journaling time, I realized I was basically doing the same thing there. My entries were either quick bullet points of gratitude (not a bad thing!), mantra writing, or stream of consciously vomit into my journal.
I need to change one of my writing outlets, at least a little bit.
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to use a daily prompt to write here. I haven’t figured out where I’ll glean the prompts, and I’m not sure if it will be non-fiction, fiction, or a combination of both, but I’m looking for a focus for my posts. I know I could sit down with a planner and craft a blogging schedule, something I’ve done in the past, but I want to make it a little easier on myself for now.
In all honesty, I was planning to start the prompts today. However, after writing about day-of-the-week confusion, my body and mind finally got on the same page, and it feels like the most Sunday to ever Sunday. Abbey and I woke up early to drive to a local TV station for a segment featuring her dance company (she danced! on the news!), and I barely slept. Consequently, my whole day feels like I’m trying to keep my head above water.
Stay tuned to see if prompts help me find a little focus or if they sabotage the (small amount) of daily writing progress I’ve made!
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